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Category Archives: Auberon Waugh
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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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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Cinco de Mayo Roundup
Today is Cinco de Mayo which celebrates the victory of Mexico over the French Empire in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla. The Mexicans lost to the French about a year later but still mark this victory of their smaller … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Auberon Waugh, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Robbery Under Law, Sword of Honour
Tagged AtlasObscura.com, Guardian, HumanEvents.com, JSTOR, Religion and Literature, Sunday Telegraph, The Unz Review, University of Texas
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Roundup: Autumn in Canberra
–As Summer turns to Fall in the Southern Hemisphere, The Canberra Times is reminded of Evelyn Waugh. This is in an article written by Ian Warden who is not impressed by Autumnal colors: As an aesthete who cares about the looks … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Labels, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, National Review, Nigeness, The Article, The Canberra Times
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Richard Ingrams Remembers Auberon Waugh
The Catholic Herald has published a remembrance of Auberon Waugh by Richard Ingrams. This is occasioned by the recent collection of Auberon’s articles in A Scibbler in Soho. Ingrams was editor of both Private Eye and The Oldie when Auberon … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Collections
Tagged Catholic Herald, Richard Ingrams
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The Oldie Does Auberon
The Oldie has been running on its weblog a series of excerpts of Auberon Waugh’s Rage columns from its early issues. The latest posting from 1995 deals with aging and is one of the better ones to surface. He begins … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Collections, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged Brexit, Catholic Herald, Harry mount, Jeffrey Bernard, The Oldie
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Martin Green Reconsidered
Writing in the New Criterion, David Platzer reconsiders a 1976 book by Martin Green (1927-2010), late Professor at Tufts University. This is called Children of the Sun and is described by Platzer as a book about: the remarkable literary generation, … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged David Platzer, Harold Acton, Martin Green, New Criterion
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Roundup: Laura Waugh’s Lent
–In the Guardian, William Keegan compares the Brexit chaos to Waugh’s Decline and Fall: In order to switch off from Brexit in the evenings, your correspondent has taken to re-reading his favourite novels. Yet there is no escape! At the … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Scoop, Waugh Family
Tagged Alma Guillermoprieto, Brexit, Columbia Journalism Review, Daily Mail, Dave Wood, Guardian, Laura Waugh, The Oldie
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Early March Roundup
–Laura Freeman writing in the Daily Telegraph (27 February) surveys children’s books and discovers that one of her favorites has been rated as having a “really high difficulty level.” This is Roger Hargreaves’ Mr Men series and she sees the … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Diaries, Newspapers
Tagged Alan Massie, Daily Telegraph, Eastern Eye, Gay Star News, Laura Freeman, Literary Hub, Oxford Times, Roger Hargreaves, The Scotsman
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Presidents Day Roundup
–An article in the current issue of Prospect Magazine wonders when contemporary writers will learn how to successfully incorporate text messages into fiction narratives. By way of background, the article by Jemma Slingo explains how Evelyn Waugh pioneered the technique … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Letters, Newspapers, Remote People, Vile Bodies
Tagged Catholic Herald, China Rhyming, Daily Telegraph, Isabella Hanger, Max Beerbohm, Monterey County Weekly, Patrick Kurp, Prospect Magazine, The Oldie
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