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Tag Archives: Catholic Herald
Waugh’s Politics in Fiction and Real Life
Writer and historian Minoo Dinshaw, author of the recently published biography of Steven Runciman, has written an article for Catholic Herald which traces Waugh’s political views through the characters in his novels. It is entitled “Forewaughned” and begins with this: … Continue reading
Posted in Basil Seal Rides Again, Black Mischief, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Catholic Herald, Minoo Dinshaw
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A Handful of Offense
Writing in the Catholic Herald, novelist and critic Philip Hensher considers the implications of the current movement to suppress or destroy monuments and other public expressions that give offense to the present generation. This is in an article entitled: “Many … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Remote People
Tagged Catholic Herald, Philip Hensher
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4th of July Roundup
–Duncan McLaren has added a coda to his recent posting about Waugh’s friendship (if that’s the right word) with Cyril Connolly. Duncan’s article is entitled “Cyril in Full Flow” and is based on a visit Cyril made to Berlin in … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Interviews, Newspapers
Tagged Art UK, Atwoodsmagazine.com, Catholic Herald, Cyril Connolly, Duncan McLaren, Voice of the Southwest
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Book List Roundup: Wuhan Virus Edition
The unfilled hours produced by the disruptions of the Wuhan virus seem to call for more reading and, thus, have apparently inspired the compiling and posting of book lists. Several of these include books by Evelyn Waugh: –The Milwaukee Magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Vile Bodies, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Book Lists, Catholic Herald, Daily Telegraph, Esquire, Forbes, Milwaukee Magazine, Russell Baker
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Waugh’s Religious Conversion
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent in the Western Christian churches, and perhaps in recognition of this date, the Catholic Herald has reposted an article from April 2016 relating to Waugh’s conversion to the Roman Catholic faith. This … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Catholicism, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Catholic Herald, Constance Watson
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Pre-Valentine Roundup
–Duncan McLaren has added a new Waugh chum in his descriptions of “visitors” to the Castle Howard Brideshead Festival. This is Patrick Balfour who was a friend of Waugh from his Oxford days. They remained friends until Waugh’s death. Balfour … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Oxford, Sword of Honour, Theater
Tagged Catholic Herald, Daily Telegraph, Guyana, Oxford Mail, Patrick Balfour, The Spectator, Wall Street Journal
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Early September Roundup
–Waugh biographer Selina Hastings has reviewed D J Taylor’s recent literary history Lost Girls in the Literary Review. See earlier posts. Her review concludes with this: In Lost Girls, Taylor presents a colourful portrait of this fascinating, sophisticated and highly … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Remote People, Vile Bodies, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Catholic Herald, Flood Magazine, Lana Del Ray, Literary Review, The Spectator
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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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Mother’s Day Roundup
–The Washington Post has an op-ed article by Anne Applebaum that opens with this comparison between Donald Trump and Lord Copper from Waugh’s novel Scoop: “A few sharp victories, some conspicuous acts of personal bravery on the Patriot side and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Labels, Newspapers, Scoop, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged Catholic Herald, First Things, New Zealand Herald, P.G.Wodehouse, Rex Whistler, Washington Post
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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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