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Tag Archives: Daily Telegraph
St Patrick’s Day Roundup
–Ben Lawrence writes in the Daily Telegraph that “The arts are now terrified of God”. Here are the opening paragraphs: “We don’t do God.” Such was Alastair Campbell’s Rottweiler-like shutdown of journalists asking about the faith of his then-boss Tony … Continue reading
Roundup: From Clubs to Travels
–The Daily Telegraph reports that one of Waugh’s London clubs has voted to continue to exclude women members: A PRIVATE gentlemen’s club in Mayfair has voted against admitting women for the first time, The Telegraph has learnt. The Savile Club, … Continue reading
Roundup: Cousins, Catholics, Allegories and Adaptations
–The London Review of Books has posted a review by Neal Acherson of the new biography of Claude Cockburn by his son Patrick. This in mentioned in a previous post and is entitled “Believe Nothing Until It Has Been Officially … Continue reading
Roundup: War Trilogy, Conference and Campus Novel
—The Critic magazine has published a feature length article on Waugh’s war trilogy, Sword of Honour. This is written by Max Bayliss and is entitled “Waugh at war: Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Duncan McLaren, The Criric
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More Sad News: James Waugh 1946-2022
–In the course of reviewing some of the notices regarding the recent death of Alexander Waugh, additional sad news is reported. This involves the apparent death of Alexander’s uncle, James Waugh, on 12 September 2022. This was reported in the … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Alexander Waugh, Obituaries, Waugh Family
Tagged Daily Telegraph, James Waugh, New York Times
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Mid-July Roundup
–British author, commentator and journalist Gerald Warner has posted an article entitled “Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Powell–visions of a vanished Britain.” In this he compares the lives and writings of the two authors who were also friends in real life. … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Photographs, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Alistair Graham, Anthony Powell, Caledonian Road, Daily Telegraph, Eucharistic Congress, Foreign Policy, Gerald Warner, Nicholas Lezard
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Evelyn Waugh and the Cancel Culture
–Simon Heffer has written a brief but interesting and amusing article about what he fears would be the attitude of today’s “Cancel Culture” to Evelyn Waugh first novel, Decline and Fall. This appeared in a recent issue of the Daily … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Simon Heffer
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Rex Whistler Anniversary Commemorated
Next month will mark the 80th anniversary of the death of Rex Whistler on 18 July 1944. He died in France as part of the invasion force following D-Day. The Salisbury Museum has mounted a special exhibition of his work … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Exhibits, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Rex Whistler, Salisbury Museum, Simon Heffer, Tate Britain
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Roundup: 80th D-Day Anniversary
–The BBC posted an article on WWII parachute training in connection with its observance last week of the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings. Here’s an excerpt: …All the British paratroopers who landed in the early hours [of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Internet, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Frederic Raphael, OLL, The American Conservative, The Jewish Chronicle
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Mothers’ Day (U.S.) Roundup
–An article in this week’s TLS (10 May 2024) marks the centenary of the 1924 novel The Green Hat by Michael Arlen. He was something of a one hit wonder, as the article by Philip Ward explains. Here are some … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Helena, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Crisis magazine, Daily Telegraph, The Green Hat, TLS
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