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Category Archives: World War II
Waugh in the Blogosphere
Several bloggers, especially those with a religious theme, make fairly regular mentions of Waugh and his works. Yesterday, a blogger who specializes in Eastern Christianity posted a review of Waugh’s novel Helena on the day that the Church commemorates the Invention … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Catholicism, Helena, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged G.K. Chesterton, Weblogs
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Radio Times Article on 1967 BBC TV Adaptation
The director of the BBC’s 1967 TV adaptation of Waugh’s Sword of Honour wrote an article in Radio Times on the occasion of its rebroadcast in November 1968. Donald McWhinnie, “Three From Evelyn Waugh,” Radio Times, 28 November 1968, p. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Sword of Honour, Television, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, British Film Institute, Donald McWhinnie, Radio Times
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Waugh and Hemingway and “Beat-up Old Bastards”
An article in The Huffington Post earlier this week discusses Ernest Hemingway’s claims to have killed 122 “Krauts” during WWII and compares that claim with those of Chris Kyle (subject of the autobiography and film American Sniper) to have killed 160 enemy … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Letters, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged American Sniper, Ernest Hemingway, The Huffington Post
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BBC Posts Photo of Capt. Waugh at Brains Trust
BBC Radio 4 has posted on its Twitter page a photo of Waugh taken at his appearance in a wartime broadcast of its popular Home Service radio program called Brains Trust. The posting is in connection with National Book Lovers Day … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Letters, Radio, Radio Programs, Twitter, World War II
Tagged BBC Home Service, Brains Trust
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Biography Reviewed in Herald
The new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade is reviewed in the (Glasgow) Herald (now rebranded simply, and rather pompously, as “The Herald” but still published in Glasgow) by Richard Strachan. He points out that a disproportionate part of the book … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Black Mischief, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Oxford, Remote People, World War II
Tagged Glasgow Herald, Martin Stannatd, Philip Eade, Richard Strachan, Selina Hastings
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FT Reviews Waugh Biography
Literary journalist Suzi Feay reviews Philip Eade’s biography in the latest edition of the Financial Times’ book pages. Feay recently moderated the Waugh panel at this year’s Oxford Literary Festival, which was sponsored by the FT. While recognizing, as have … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Financial Times, Philip Eade, Suzi Feay
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Mark Amory Reviews New Biography in the Spectator
Mark Amory, editor of the 1980 collection of Waugh’s letters and retired literary editor of the Spectator magazine, reviews Philips Eade’s new biography of Waugh in this week’s Spectator. As he began Eade’s book, Amory wondered what more Eade could say … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Mark Amory, Philip Eade, Spectator magazine
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Waugh, Churchill and Maisky
The National Interest magazine, a U.S. bi-monthly espousing what is described as a realist view on foreign policy, has reviewed the diaries of Ivan Maisky, who was the Soviet ambassador in the U.K. at the beginning of WWII. The review … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Officers and Gentlemen, World War II
Tagged Ivan Maisky, Jacob Heilbrunn, The National Interest
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Waugh Cited on 75th Anniversary of Invasion of Soviet Union
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. Up to then the two countries had been allies, and the invasion ended up converting the Soviets into allies of the Western forces, at that point … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Officers and Gentlemen, World War II
Tagged Conservative History Journal
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Bloggers Debate WWII Novels
Several bloggers are currently debating which are the novels of WWII most worth reading. One began the debate by bemoaning his attempt to read Waugh’s Sword of Honour novels at the same time he was also in the process of reading … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, World War II
Tagged A Dance to the Music of Time, Anthony Powell, novels of WWII, Olivia Manning Trilogies, Paul Johnson, Standpoint Magazine
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