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Category Archives: Auberon Waugh
A Tale of Two Venues: Chagford and Beckley
Two of Waugh’s favorite writing venues have recently been in the news. An article on the Easton Court Hotel in Chagford, South Devon, was recently posted on the website jot101.com. This begins with a description of  the facilities in wartime … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford, Vile Bodies
Tagged Abingdon Arms, Easton Court Hotel, jot101.com, Oxford Mail
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Updates: Brideshead Tonite
The Daily Telegraph offers this rather downbeat description in its TV schedules of the 2008 Brideshead Revisited film adaptation: In the light of the 1981 TV version of Evelyn Waugh’s novel, you do have to admire the chutzpah of anyone else giving … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, El Pais, The Oldie
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Craig Brown’s 100 Favorites
The Daily Mail has published a list of humorist Craig Brown’s 100 favorite books. He explains that these are not necesarily his picks for “greatest” books but those he most enjoyed reading and would recommend to a friend. It is … Continue reading
Evelyn Waugh on BBC’s “Evil Genius” Podcast
BBC has posted the episode of comedian Russell Kane’s “Evil Genius” podcast series that features a consideration of Evelyn Waugh. The idea is to have a panel decide whether each episode’s subject was more evil or more genius. Previous episodes … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Evelyn Waugh, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Podcasts, Russell Kane
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Yes, You Have No Bananas
The Toronto Globe and Mail has an opinion article entitled: “Shakespeare’s children: Should artists have kids?” This is by writer Tom Rachman (best known for his novel The Imperfectionists) and opens with this: After years of grey deprivation during the … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged bananas, Tom Rachman, Tornoto Globe & Mail
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Waugh and Anthony Powell (More)
Waugh’s influence is prominently mentioned in a review in this week’s Die Tagespost, a German language paper sponsored by the Roman Catholic church. The review is by Urs Buhlmann and the book is Powell’s novel The Soldier’s Art which has been … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Biographies, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Anthony Powell, Die Tagespost, Martin McGinness, Sydney Morning Herald, Urs Buhlmann
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Greatest Writer of “Our” Generation ?
Literary critic, novelist and publisher Dr Stoddard Martin has written a review of Philip Eade’s biography which he turns into an assessment of Evelyn Waugh’s career and legacy. This is entitled “Class Act” and appears in The Quarterly Review, an … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
Tagged Graham Greene, Philip Eade, Somerset Maugham, Stoddard Martin, The Quarterly Review
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Naim Attallah Interviews Harold Acton
Writer and publisher Naim Attallah has posted on his weblog what looks like the complete text of his interview of Harold Acton in 1990. This was only a few years before Acton’s death in 1994. Acton and Waugh were friends … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews
Tagged Harold Acton, Naim Attallah, Quartet Books
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Too Much #MeToo?: Bring Back Bron
In a recent issue of the Spectator, Matthew Parris longs for the return of Auberon Waugh. Parris feels that Auberon’s humorous approach to controversial matters is needed to bring some balance and reason to the debate over women’s rights in … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged #MeToo, Matthew Parris, The Spectator, Women's Rights
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Weekend Roundup: Somerset in the News
Most of our Waugh news in this week’s roundup come from or relates to the county of Somerset: An Australian radio program on the ABC network announces the upcoming TV series on the career of politician Jeremy Thorpe. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Ronald Knox, Waugh Family
Tagged ABC Network, Ancedotal Evidence, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Jeremy Thorpe, John Preston, Somerset Live, The Farmers Arma, The New European
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