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Category Archives: Waugh Family
Halloween Roundup
–The London Review of Books in its latest issue has published an article by Rosemary Hill on the life and career of Auberon Waugh. This is entitled “Woof, woof” and includes a description of Auberon’s life from the time he … Continue reading
Early October Roundup
–In the current issue of TLS, writer Henry Hitchins reviews the two recent collections of the writings of Auberon Waugh. The review, entitled “Like a fine whine”, opens with this: “Looking back over my career to date, and at all … Continue reading
Labor Day Roundup: Waugh by Design
–Bristol-based interior decorators Jane Clayton & Co have announced a new line of household fabrics called Marchmain. As described on their website: The decadence of a bygone era is evoked in this collection of richly coloured velvet and chenille woven … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Mail, GQ, Guardian, Jane Clayton & Co, Oxford Times, Screen Spiel Podcast
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Dog Days Roundup
–Musician Johnny Greenwood, composer and lead guitarist of the veteran rockband Radiohead, was recently interviewed by the Times newspaper. In answer to their request to identify his favorite writer he again named Evelyn Waugh and declared Sword of Honour as … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, London, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Financial Times, Men's Clubs, Shelf-Awareness, The Spectator, The Times
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Roundup: Waugh on Wine and More
–Literary critic and novelist A N Wilson writing in the Daily Mail has reviewed the recent reprint of Auberon Waugh’s book Waugh on Wine. According to Wilson: Celebrated author and journalist Auberon Waugh was an iconoclast, a political maverick and wine … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Documentaries, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Boris Johnson, Boston Globe, Daily Mail, Frances Donaldson, Wine Spectator
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Waughs on Wine and Brexit
The Bridgwater Mercury and Breitbart News have announced that Alexander Waugh will stand as the candidate of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party for the Parliamentary constituency of Bridgwater and West Somerset. This would apparently be in the next general election, whenever … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Newspapers, Non-fiction
Tagged Brexit Party, Bridgwater Mercury, Somerset County Gazette, The Times, Wine
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Wavian Wine Writing
The Catholic Herald has a review of Auberon Waugh’s 1986 book Waugh on Wine which has been reprinted by Quartet Books. The review is by David Platzer who writes: Waugh reveals in his introduction that it was Tina Brown, his … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic Herald, Forbes magazine, Wine
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News from Stinchcombe
Following his appearance earlier this month at the Chipping Campden Literature Festival, Duncan McLaren paid a visit to nearby Piers Court. This his first visit since the two he made in the mid 2000s when he was researching his book … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Interviews, Photographs, Waugh Family
Tagged Piers Court, SoloSophie.com, Stinchcombe
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Memorial Day/Late-May Bank Holiday Roundup
–In a recent two-part article on the non-denominational religious website Patheos.com, the morality of the nuclear bombing of Japan is reconsidered. The article is made up of a collection of the views expressed on the moral and religious issues arising … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Auberon Waugh, Decline and Fall, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Sword of Honour
Tagged Daily Mail, HeraldScotland, Patheos.com, Sunday Times, The New Criterion, University of Warwick
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Queen Victoria @ 200
On Queen Victoria’s 200th birthday we should recall that Evelyn Waugh was a keen admirer of all things Victorian, if not necessarily the Queen herself. He wrote several articles dedicated to Victoriana at a time when it was not a … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Newspapers
Tagged Australia, Mark McGinness, Quadrant, Queen Victoria, Robert Byron
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