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Category Archives: World War II
75th Anniversary of Battle of Crete Marked in German Paper
In yesterday’s Süddeutsche Zeitung there is a feature story by Kurt Kister about the Battle of Crete. This was fought 75 years ago this week. Since it was one of the German Army’s last clear victories (although a costly one … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Battle of Crete, Kurt Mister, Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Evelyn Waugh, Winston Churchill and Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson, ex-Mayor of London and gadfly without portfolio of the Conservative Party, has written a book about his hero Winston Churchill. Entitled The Churchill Factor, this was published to much acclaim in 2014 and was excerpted in the Daily Telegraph. … Continue reading
Posted in Discussions, Scoop, World War II
Tagged Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph, The Churchill Factor, Winston Churchill
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Laycock Presentation Copies For Sale
Rare book seller Peter Harrington lists as new arrivals several presentation copies of books given to Robert and Angela Laycock. Robert was one of Waugh’s commanding officers in WWII. The first is a series of four copies of books sent to Angela … Continue reading
Posted in Autographs, Basil Seal Rides Again, Bibliophilia, First Editions, Love Among The Ruins, World War II
Tagged Peter Harrington Books, Robert Laycock
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Wodehouse Redivivus
A book blog has posted an article describing Evelyn Waugh’s role in the re-establishment of the reputation of P.G. Wodehouse. Waugh’s actions are compared with previous efforts of George Bernard Shaw on behalf of Henrik Ibsen and Walker Percy who … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Radio Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, P.G.Wodehouse
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Time’s Error
The Weekly Standard‘s “Scrapbook” column had one of the more interesting comments on the Time magazine affair. (See yesterday’s post.) They speculate on what may have been the cause and, after rejecting several hypotheses, conclude with this: Then again, it could … Continue reading
Posted in World War II
Tagged Marshall Tito, Time magazine, Weekly Standard
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Guy Crouchback Inspiration for U.S. Conservatives
The current issue of The American Conservative magazine carries an article about the leaders of the post war conservative revival in the U.S. This is on the occasion of the publication of a book about one of them–Russell Kirk:American Conservative by … Continue reading
Posted in Men at Arms, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Russell Kirk, The American Conservative
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Waugh Passage Included in Book on Post-War Germany
A new book edited by Lara Feigel collects writings from various sources describing Germany in the aftermath of WWII. This is Bitter Taste of Victory to be published in the U.K. on 28 January by Bloomsbury. Feigel is the author of … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Letters, World War II
Tagged Bitter taste of Victory, Lara Feigel, Nuremberg war trials
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Waugh, Boyd and Manning
Evelyn Waugh is mentioned several times in an interview of novelist, critic and screenwriter William Boyd published in the Australian Financial Review. The interviewer (Joe Aston) notes that Boyd’s fiction has been compared with Waugh’s from his very first published novel … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Put Out More Flags, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television, World War II
Tagged AFR, Daily Mail, Peter Hitchens, William Boyd
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