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Tag Archives: Daily Telegraph
Juneteenth (US) Roundup
–Simon Heffer has written for the Daily Telegraph an article entitled: “Never mind the lavish TV series–Brideshead Revisited is a woefully overrated novel: Time has not improved Waugh’s celebrated classic, whose glamour disguises a surprisingly joyless vision of humanity”. The … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Lectures
Tagged Cricket, Daily Telegraph, Literary Review, Rising Tide Foundation
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Early June Roundup
–The British Medical Journal has posted an article from 1975 in which a professional psychiatrist reviews the 1957 novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. This appeared in the December 1975 issue of the professional magazine. The author is identified as … Continue reading
Mark Gerson, Photographer (1921-2026) R.I.P.
Mark Gerson, who photographed Waugh and his family at two sessions in 1959 and 1963, has died at the age of 104, according to the Daily Telegraph. These sessions took place at the family home in Combe Florey. They are … Continue reading
Posted in Combe Florey, Obituaries, Photographs
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Mark Gerson
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Tax Day (U.S.) Roundup
–The Daily Telegraph has posted an article by Juliette Bretan entitled “To understand the world today, read books from 100 years ago.” The examples she offers are several books by Evelyn Waugh. Here are the introductory paragraphs: Just prior to … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Lectures, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, The Catholic Thing
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60th Anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s Death: 10 April 1966
Several papers have posted remembrances of the anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death 60 years ago on 10 April 1966. Here are excerpts from the best two. –The one by Alexander Larman appeared in the Daily Telegraph and was reposted in … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Helena, Newspapers, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, The Oldie, The Spectator
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Daily Telegraph Reviews BBC Waugh Series
The Daily Telegraph has posted a review of Russell Kane’s series of programs about Evelyn Waugh and his works. (See earlier posts.) This is by Jane Shilling, but it is not clear whether she has seen the entire series. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Lectures, Newspapers, Radio, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Russell Kane
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Roundup: Waugh Widely Cited in London Papers
—-A novel by Duff Cooper (husband of Waugh’s friend Diana Mitford) was briefly noted in a recent issue of Evening Standard. This novel has been reissued in the Penguin Classics series. The notice is by Melanie McDonagh. Here’s an excerpt: … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Exhibits, Scoop
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Duff Cooper, Evening Standard, Guardian, Nussaibah Younis, The Times
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Allan Massie (16 October 1938 – 3 February 2026) R.I.P.
Novelist and journalist Allan Massie has died earlier this week. Among his obituaries, several mention a connection of his early fictional works with those of Evelyn Waugh. His son Alexander Massie writes: …His novels … ranged widely. He began with … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Obituaries
Tagged Allan Massie, Daily Telegraph, The Times
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John Carey: b. 5 April 1935, d. 11 December 2025: R.I.P.
John Carey, former Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford and one of his generation’s most noted literary critics, died last week at the age of 92. His obituary appeared, inter alia, in the Guardian, The Times and the Daily … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Obituaries, Oxford
Tagged Daily Telegraph, John Carey
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Mid-December Roundup
–Charles Moore writes in the Daily Telegraph a critique of the newly issued US National Security Strategy. The article is entitled “Civilisation erasure is real, but Donald Trump is part of the problem,” and opens with this: Amid stiff competition … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Decline and Fall, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Martin Stannard, PBK, The Lamp, The Spectator
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