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Tag Archives: Daily Telegraph
Henry Green, Enthusiasms, Tammy Faye, and Clarissa
The attempted revival of Henry Green’s works and reputation marches ever onward. The latest contribution is an article by Dominic Green (no likely relationship since Henry’s family name was Yorke) in the New Criterion. Green makes the case that Yorke … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Scoop
Tagged Clarissa Churchill, Daily Telegraph, Dominic Green, Henry Green, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, New Criterion, Spear's magazine, Weekly Standard
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A Handful of Hard Cheese
Michael Deacon writing in the Daily Telegraph finds echoes of Waugh in a recent story. This involves the rescue of TV presenter and explorer Benedict Allen from the jumgles of Papua New Guinea into which he had disappeared. Deacon is: … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Alexandra Jacobs, Daily Telegraph, Michael Deacon, New York Times
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Waugh’s Watering Holes in the News
Several of Waugh’s pre-war venues have been in the papers recently. The Abingdon Arms in Beckley (near Oxford) was frequently visited by Waugh in his student days and thereafter, sometimes accompanied by his friend Alastair Graham. He wrote some of … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Abingdon Arms Beckley, Daily Telegraph, Lygon Arms Broadway, Oxford Mail, Savile Club
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Boris Johnson Wins “Pennyfeather Prize”
Michael Deacon writing in the Daily Telegraph reports on Boris Johnson’s overblown responses to parliamentary questions: …Virtually his every answer was a speech, lasting two, three, four minutes…Whether the committee found Mr Johnson’s views enlightening, I couldn’t say. But as … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph, Michael Deacon
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Anthony Powell Biography (More)
The new biography of Anthony Powell by Hilary Spurling has been widely reviewed in the British press and several additional reviews have cited Evelyn Waugh’s friendship with Powell. Nicholas Shakespeare, writer and director of the BBC Arena documentary “The Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Anthony Powell, Daily Telegraph, Dance to the Music of Time, DJ Taylor, Irish Times, Nicholas Shakespeare, The Times
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Three Generations of Waughs in The Oldie
Various Waughs (and their associates) are scattered throughout the pages of this month’s issue of The Oldie. The leading feature article by Alan Thomas is about the Bright Young People and opens with a reference to Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies: … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Biographies, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Anthony Powell, BBC Arena, Daily Telegraph, Nicholas Shakespeare, Selina Hastings, The Oldie
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Telegraph Names Brideshead Among Top TV Costume Dramas
On the occasion of ITV’s announcement of a new TV adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the Daily Telegraph has produced an album from what its fashion editors consider the most sumptuous costume dramas of all time. Granada’s 1981 … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop, Television, Twitter
Tagged costume dramas, Daily Telegraph, National Geographic, Paul Salopek, quotations
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Play About Sonia Orwell Opens in London
Domenic Cavendish writing in the Daily Telegraph reviews a play entitled “Mrs Orwell” that opened recently in London. This is about Sonia Orwell, the secretary at Cyril Connolly’s Horizon magazine who married George Orwell a few weeks before his death. There … Continue reading
Posted in London, Newspapers, Theater, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Domenic Cavendish, Sonia Orwell
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Telegraph Article Considers Wisdom of Retaining Diaries
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Jane Shilling considers the wisdom of retaining private diaries. This is occasioned by the upcoming publication of the teenage diaries of novelist Margaret Forster. The case of Waugh’s diaries is considered: What would Forster have felt about … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Jane Shilling, Margaret Forster, private diaries
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Waugh and Wales and Fashion
A recent article in the TLS entitled “Do the Welsh Just Sing?” by Samuel Graydon opens with a quote from Decline and Fall: “The Welsh . . . are the only nation in the world that has produced no graphic or … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Film, Newspapers, Wales
Tagged Alice Vincent, Charles James, Daily Telegraph, Samuel Graydon, TLS, Welsh literature, Wikipedia
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