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Tag Archives: Daily Telegraph
Bellamy’s Boosted
Two London papers have this week profiled Bellamy’s restaurant on Bruton Place in Mayfair: Ben McCormack in the Daily Telegraph on Monday (15 April) begins by making a meal (if you will excuse the expression) of the two visits by … Continue reading
Posted in London, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Bellamy's, Ben McCormack, Daily Telegraph, Tanya Gold, The Spectator
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Fleabag and Julia Flyte
The final episode of Fleabag’s second TV series was broadcast yesterday on BBC. The series has occasioned more than the usual amount of comment in the press. See earlier post. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Serena Davies has high praise … Continue reading
Early March Roundup
–Laura Freeman writing in the Daily Telegraph (27 February) surveys children’s books and discovers that one of her favorites has been rated as having a “really high difficulty level.” This is Roger Hargreaves’ Mr Men series and she sees the … Continue reading
Brideshead Theme in Syfy TV Series
The internet newspaper Vox.com has posted an article about a long-running TV series on the Syfy Channel. This is based on the fantasy novels of Lev Grossman called The Magicians Trilogy and is now in its fourth season on Syfy. … Continue reading
Presidents Day Roundup
–An article in the current issue of Prospect Magazine wonders when contemporary writers will learn how to successfully incorporate text messages into fiction narratives. By way of background, the article by Jemma Slingo explains how Evelyn Waugh pioneered the technique … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Letters, Newspapers, Remote People, Vile Bodies
Tagged Catholic Herald, China Rhyming, Daily Telegraph, Isabella Hanger, Max Beerbohm, Monterey County Weekly, Patrick Kurp, Prospect Magazine, The Oldie
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Auberon Waugh “Celebrated” in New Book
A new book composed of writings by Auberon Waugh has been compiled by Naim Attallah and published by his Quartet Books as A Scribbler in Soho. This will be released in the UK on 24 January and is reviewed in … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Collections, Newspapers
Tagged Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph, Naim Attallah, The Oldie
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Birthday Roundup
Today marks the 115th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s birth on 28 October 1903. Several newspapers have marked the occasion in their “this day in history” columns, including the Daily Mail. Other matters of note include: –Another article about last week’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Diaries, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Apollo Magazine, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, John Rothenstein, The Herald (Glasgow)
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Late July Roundup
–The Daily Telegraph has another story about the sale of Piers Court containing some new and corrected information: Piers Court at Stinchcombe occupies a remote corner of Gloucestershire. … It has views of the Welsh Hills and the Forest of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Labels, Newspapers, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Booker Prize, Cunard Line, Daily Telegraph, MercatorNet.com, QInsider, The Irish Times, The Times
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Score Settling Time
In the 12 July 2018 issue of the New York Review of Books, Max Hastings, former editor of the Daily Telegraph, reviews Hilary Spurling’s biography of Anthony Powell. This is not scheduled to be published in the USA until the … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Biographies, Newspapers
Tagged Anthony Powell, Daily Telegraph, Hilary Spurling, Max Hastings, New York Review of Books
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