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Category Archives: World War II
Roundup: Oxford, Metro-Land and Commandos
—The Times has a review of the recent book about Waugh and the Oxford-based Hypocrites Club, entitled Hellfire. See previous posts. This is reviewed by Daisy Dunn who opens with a well written summary of some of the book’s high … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, Commandos, Financial Times, Marcel Proust, Metro-Land, The Imaginative Conservative, The Times newspaper
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BBC WWII Commando Series
The BBC has scheduled the broadcast of a 6-part docudrama series on the WWII Commandos. This will focus on the SAS, which was the brainchild of Commando David Stirling with whom Waugh was serving in 8 Commando in 1941. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, Christopher Sykes, Commandos, Daily Telegraph, David Stirling, Financial Times, History Magazine, SAS
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Evelyn Waugh Studies, No. 53.1 (Spring 2022)
The latest issue of the society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies has been distributed to the members and is now posted at this link. Here is a description of the contents as set forth in the cover letter: 1. Thomas J. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Vile Bodies, World War II
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BBC 1967 Adaptation of “Sword of Honour” Now Available
There is an announcement on YouTube of the availability for home viewing of the three 90-minute episodes of the BBC’s 1967 Theatre 625 adaptation of Waugh’s war trilogy Sword of Honour. The adaptation was written by Giles Cooper and directed … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Sword of Honour, Television, World War II
Tagged BBC, Theatre 625
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Waugh, the Stirling Brothers and the SAS
The Daily Mail has posted an article from the Mail on Sunday  by Gavin Mortimer about his new book The Phoney Major: The Life, Times and Truth about the Founder of the SAS. This is about David Stirling, a WWII … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Bill Stirling, David Stirling, Gavin Mortimer, Mail on Sunday, The Courier {Perth & Kinross)
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“Waugh on Russia Revisited” by Milena Borden
Waugh Society member Milena Borden has kindly sent the following short essay on Waugh’s attitude toward Soviet Russia as reflected in his novel Sword of Honour. She started it some time ago but has found it has now become relevant … Continue reading
Evelyn Waugh Studies 52.2 (Fall 2021)
The latest issue of the Society’s journal, Evelyn Waugh Studies, has been distributed to the membership. This is issue Ne. 52.2 (Fall 2021). A slightly edited summary by the Society’s Secretary, Jamie Collinson, that accompanied the distribution, is set forth … Continue reading
Posted in Combe Florey, Evelyn Waugh Studies, World War II
Tagged John Stathatos, Kingsley Amis, Robert Murray Davis
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Auberon Herbert: Defender of Eastern Europe (1922-1974)
Waugh Society member Milena Borden has written a commemorative article about Auberon Herbert, brother-in-law of Evelyn Waugh. He died on this date in 1974 and the centenary of his birth on 25 April 1922 will be marked next year. The … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Sword of Honour, Waugh Family, World War II
Tagged Auberon Herbert, BBC
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Roundup: Travel Book Revival?
–A new book about travel writing has been published. Ever hopefully, a new look for a possible revival of the genre is undertaken by Tim Hannigan in his book The Travel Writing Tribe. This is reviewed by Noo Saro-Wiwa and … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers, Non-fiction, Television, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, World War II
Tagged Above the Law, Sydney Morning Herald, The Letterpress Project, The Times, TLS, Travel Writing
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Spring Equinox Roundup
–A new book about Evelyn Waugh’s friend Randolph Churchill has been published. This is entitled Churchill and Son and is written by Josh Ireland. It apparently deals mainly with Randolph’s rocky relationship with his father but may touch on his … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, World War II
Tagged Chagford, Daily Mail, Jessica Fellowes, Kings River Life, Randolph Churchill, The Times, TLS
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