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Tag Archives: Daily Telegraph
Penelope Betjeman and Helena
The Daily Telegraph has published an excerpt from a book about Penelope Betjeman, a close friend of Evelyn Waugh to whom he dedicated his historical novel Helena (1950). The book about Penelope (to be entitled Mrs Betjeman), is described as … Continue reading
Author Richard Adams Dies at 96
Richard Adams who is best known for his first novel, Watership Down, has died at the age of 96. The book is about rabbits and was derived from stories he had told his children, but it was also based on his own experience … Continue reading
Posted in Men at Arms, Newspapers, Vile Bodies, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, International Business Times, New York Times, Orlando Sentinel, Richard Adams, Watership Down
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A. A. Gill (1954-2016), R.I.P.
The journalist and humorist A A Gill has died at the age of 62, the same relatively young age at which Evelyn Waugh died. He spent most of his career writing for the Sunday Times but also wrote a memoir … Continue reading
Posted in Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged A A Gill, Australian Financial Review, Daily Telegraph
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Telegraph Compares New Zadie Smith Novel to Brideshead
In a Daily Telegraph review of Zadie Smith’s new novel Swing Time, the reviewer James Walton compares it with Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. The novel involves a narrator and a friend who who live in different social strata of the same … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Swing Time, Zadie Smith
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Simon Heffer on Decline and Fall
In today’s Daily Telegraph, journalist, author, and political commentator Simon Heffer has written an essay on Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. He recalls being assigned to read it at the age of 16 in a pile of books for his entrance … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Simon Heffer
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Waugh in the Press
The Daily Telegraph’s parliamentary sketchwriter, Michael Deacon, declared himself to have been overcome by too much news last week: Brexit, resignations, votes of no confidence, refusals to resign, Boris Johnson in general, etc., have been too much for him. In yesterday’s column, … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Daily Telegraph, David Hepworth, Guardian, Michael Deacon, Vermont Public Radio
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“Shevelyn’s” Version
In today’s Daily Telegraph online edition there is an excerpt from Philip Eade’s biography of Evelyn Waugh to be published next week. The article is entltled: “The truth about ‘Shevelyn’: how Evelyn Waugh’s disastrous marriage shaped his fiction” and is based on a … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Evelyn Gardner, Philip Eade
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Child of Waugh Generation Dies
The Daily Telegraph has announced the death of Henrietta Phipps who was the child of two of Waugh’s friends from the beginning of his career. She was 84. Her maiden name was Henrietta Lamb and she was the daughter of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Newspapers, Portraits
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Henrietta Phipps, Henry Lamb, John Betjeman, Obituaries, Pansy Pakenham
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Evelyn and Kick (Still More)
Two more London papers have published articles about Paula Byrne’s new book on Kathleen Kennedy, entitled Kick. See earlier posts. The Daily Mail features it as the Book of the Week. Waugh is prominently mentioned in that review, by Ginny Dougary, … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Kathleen Kennedy, Paula Byrne
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Director of Decline and Fall Film Version Dies.
John Krish, who directed the 1968 film adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall has died at the age of 92. His death is announced in the Daily Telegraph. The film was written by Ivan Foxwell and released under the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Film, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, John Krish, Obituaries
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