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Category Archives: Auberon Waugh
Bullying in the House?
In the 1960 BBC interview of Evelyn Waugh in the Face to Face series, presenter John Freeman posed a series of questions about Waugh’s career at Oxford. Among them are these relating to his children: Q. Are any of your … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged BBC, Christ Church, Guardian
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Roundup: Hat Trick in The Spectator
There is a diverse assortment of cites to Waugh’s works this week, with The Spectator scoring a hat trick in its various editions: —The Spectator has a review of a new book that attacks “modernist” architecture. The book is entitled … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Auberon Waugh, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Helena, Newspapers
Tagged ANZ LitLover, Catholic Herald, Chippendale, Modernist Architecture, Public Schools, The Spectator
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Weekend Roundup: St Helena and Pick-me-ups
This week’s roundup starts with religious and moves on to secular issues: –August 18th is the feast day of St Helena in the western church calendar. Blogger Amy Welborn has posted an article on Waugh’s novel about the Saint for … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Helena, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Evening Standard, National Review, The National, The Oldie, The Times
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Two Bloggers and a Librarian Reading Waughs
Two bloggers have been posting comments on their readings of Waugh novels. One, on Brideshead Revisited, the other, on the novels of Auberon Waugh. A German librarian has also contributed a report on her reading of Put Out More Flags: … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Elliot's Reading.com, Nigeness.com, Ostthueringer Zeitung
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Another Waugh Literary Debut
The Daily Mail in Richard Eden’s gossip column, reports the literary debut of another descendent of Evelyn Waugh: …Panda La Terriere, his great-granddaughter, has become the talk of the Edinburgh Fringe festival with a play she’s written about someone addicted … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Newspapers, Theater
Tagged Daily Mail, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Isle of Muck, Naomi Adedokun, Panda La Terriere
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Downside’s Future Threatened (Updated)
The current issue of The Spectator has an article about the future of the two remaining Benedictine order public schools in Britain. These are Ampleforth in North Yorkshire and Downside in Somerset. A combination of falling enrollments (Roman Catholics are … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Auberon Waugh, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Scoop
Tagged Downside Abbey, Paul Manafort, Public Schools, The Guardian, The Spectator, Will Heaven
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Score Settling Time
In the 12 July 2018 issue of the New York Review of Books, Max Hastings, former editor of the Daily Telegraph, reviews Hilary Spurling’s biography of Anthony Powell. This is not scheduled to be published in the USA until the … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Biographies, Newspapers
Tagged Anthony Powell, Daily Telegraph, Hilary Spurling, Max Hastings, New York Review of Books
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Bastille Day Roundup
With the French celebrating their National Day and their World Cup victory this past weekend, our latest roundup is dedicated to them. Appropriately enough, our first entry relates to France. –In the weblog Literary Hub, Emily Temple admits that most writers … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Letters, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Anecdotal Evidence, BBC, Countess of Carnarvon, Downton Abbey, Literary Hub, Marcel Proust, Nigeness
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Amazon to Screen Thorpe Scandal Series in USA
Amazon.com will screen the BBC TV series A Very English Scandal in the USA on its Amazon Prime streaming service later this month. In fact, it appears that episode 1 may be already be available to view as a bonus feature in … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Television Programs
Tagged Amazon.com, BBC
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“Waugh, Auberon, Dog Lovers Party…”
In the final episode last night on BBC1 of A Very English Scandal, Auberon Waugh does make a very brief appearance, as promised by the excellent background article in Radio Times. This occurs in a re-enactment of the announcement of … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, CNBC, Jeremey Thorpe Scandal, Radio Times, Tina Brown
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