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Tag Archives: Daily Telegraph
Michaelmas Roundup
–Several religious journals carry a story by George Weigel about the elimination of the Papal States in the 19th century as part of Italy’s reunification. The article, as published in the interfaith journal First Things, opens with this: Evelyn Waugh’s … Continue reading
Roundup: Agony Aunts and Metroland
–In the Daily Telegraph, Rowan Pelling muses over whether novelists would make good advice to the lovelorn “agony aunts”. Pelling has always thought Edith Wharton would be excellent and notes that Simone de Beauvoir and Anaïs Nin in fact functioned … Continue reading
Waugh Night on BBC Four and Queer Stately Homes
–The BBC has announced the TV programming for next week that will include two Evelyn Waugh events on Thursday, 27 August. The first will be a rebroadcast of the 2008 theatrical film version of Brideshead Revisited, co-produced by the BBC … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Film, Interviews, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC Four, Country Houses, Daily Telegraph, Face to Face
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Dog Days Roundup: 18 August 2020
–Writing in a recent issue of the Daily Telegraph, literary journalist Jane Shilling bemoans the early reaction of the publishing industry to the coronavirus lockdown. In a period when reading and cooking were two of the activities the “lockdownees” could … Continue reading
Three Country Houses in the Telegraph
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen describes three post war novels that each celebrated the English country house in a different way. The first was Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. According to Christiansen: …its reception was largely enthusiastic and its sales … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Elizabeth Bowen, Henry Green, Rupert Christiansen
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Roundup: Booklists Abound
There have been several lists of recommended books or TV adaptations published in the last week as the Wuhan coronavirus lockdown continues. A number of these have included works by Evelyn Waugh: –The Daily Telegraph published two “Top 100” lists … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Forbes magazine, Harper's Bazaar, New York Public Library, Quadrant, Sight & Sound
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Waugh Transformed
Simon Heffer in the Daily Telegraph has written an article entitled “How the Second World War transformed British literature”. The subject is a good bit more narrow than the title suggests. In fact, he considers primarily how WWII transformed the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Graham Greene, Simon Heffer
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The Spectator at 10,000 (More)
The Spectator’s celebration of its 10,000th issue continues to spread and produce comment. The Daily Telegraph provides an opportunity for The Spectator’s current editor Fraser Nelson to explain what he has found to be the magazine’s approach to politics: …David … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Auberon Waugh, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, James F Buckley Jr, National Review, Senator Joseph McCarthy, The Spectator
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Waugh and the Marquesses of Bath
The 7th Marquess of Bath (1932-2020) died last Saturday. His name was Alexander Thynn, and he was the son of parents, both of whom were friends of Evelyn Waugh dating back to his Oxford and Bright Young People days. The … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Daphne Fielding, Marquess of Bath
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Roundup: Wavian Humour When it is Sorely Needed
–Duncan McLaren has posted a new article in a section of his weblog denominated “Waugh Bites” where one can find miscellaneous articles about various unconnected topics. The new posting is entitled “The Legs Have It”. This posits that two leg … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers, PRB, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Duncan McLaren, Irish Times, Jewish News, The Times
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