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Category Archives: Newspapers
Evelyn Waugh and Amanda Craig
The Sunday Telegraph has a feature length article in which columnist Allison Pearson reviews a new novel by Amanda Craig in her “Shelf Life” column. This is The Lie of the Land and is described as the first state of … Continue reading
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Tagged Allison Pearson, Amanda Craig, Brexit, state of the nation, Sunday Telegraph
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NR Marks 10th Anniversary of Latin Mass Revival
An article in the National Review cites today (7 July 2017) as the 10th anniversary of Pope Benedict’s action to revive the Latin Mass. This was an action that had been sought by the founder of the National Review, William … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Auberon Waugh, Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Labels, Newspapers
Tagged Latin Mass, marriage, National Review, Tablet Magazine
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Waugh and Mussolini
The Tablet has published a review of two new books about Benito Mussolini, Italy’s Fascist dictator in the 1930s and Hitler’s ally in WWII. The review by Robert Carver opens with this summary of Mussolini’s reputation in Britain before the war: In … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Waugh in Abyssinia, World War II
Tagged Benito Mussolini, The Tablet
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Arnold Bennett Anniversary Remembered
The South China Morning Post has marked the 150th anniversary of novelist and critic Arnold Bennett’s birth. This appears in the paper’s travel column by Adam Nebbs which seems odd until he explains that Bennett wrote two books that took place in London’s … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Arnold Bennett, Savoy Hotel, South China Morning Post
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American Castles and Brutalist Towers
The latest issue of the National Review has an essay by Michael Knox Beran entitled “Why We Love McMansions and Other Modern Castles.” …America, though born in the faith that all men are created equal, is infatuated with castles — … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged architecture, Grenfell Tower, Michael Knox Beran, National Review, Richard King
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Harry Potter, Brideshead Revisited and Jeremy Corbin
The London papers are full of comments this week marking the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter novel. In The Spectator, associate editor Toby Young looks at the political and cultural influences that contributed to J … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Harry Potter, J K Rowling, Labour Party, The Spectator, Toby Young
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Brexit and Lord Glasgow’s Castle
The Economist in this week’s “Bagehot” column opens with a reference to a wartime letter Evelyn Waugh wrote to his wife, using it as a metaphor for Britain’s current political malaise: WRITING to his wife in May 1942, Evelyn Waugh recounted … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Brexit, Lord Glasgow, The Economist
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Waugh Biographies on Summer Reading List
George Weigel writing in Catholic World Report has included two biographies of Evelyn Waugh on his list of books recommended for summer reading: Of the making of Wavian biographies there seems to be no end, but I thoroughly enjoyed Philip … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic World Report, Douglas Patey, George Weigel, Philip Eade
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Screen Credit Blues
The Irish Times has a story by Donald Clarke about the dissatisfaction of screen writer Neil Jordan with the final versions of the TV series Riviera episodes now running on Sky TV. According to the IT story, the final versions reflect … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged Irish Times, John Mortimer, Neil Jordan, Riviera, Turner Classic Movies
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