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Waugh on the Internet
–A discussion of Brideshead Revisited is scheduled for later today (13 November, 10am CST) on Meetup.com. Here’s a link. —YouTube has posted a discussion of Evelyn Waugh’s work by two Dominican friars. This is episode 119 in a series called … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Interviews, Radio Programs, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, Godsplaining, Meetup.com, YouTube
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New Books: Chagford and Fish Knives
–American novelist Chuck Etheridge has published earlier this year a new book entitled Chagford Revisited. Here’s the description from the publisher: Marker, an American Anglophile software engineer, has purchased the home Evelyn Waugh stayed in while writing Brideshead Revisited. He … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Humo(u)r, Interviews, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Catholic Herald, Chuck Etheridge, Daisy Waugh, TheAuthorsShow.com
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Easter Roundup
–Edward St Aubyn has written a new novel: Double Blind. The Sydney Morning Herald explains why it may (or may not) appeal to Waugh readers: St Aubyn’s early prose can be almost unbearably sharp, mordant and bitterly ironic. The fictional … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies, Waugh Family
Tagged Daily Mail, Daisy Waugh, Edward St. Aubyn, Guardian, New York Times, Sydney Morning Herald, The Tablet
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St Patrick’s Day Roundup
–RAI Radio 3 has posted a podcast relating to the new Italian translation of A Little Learning. Here is a translation of the introduction: Let’s not expect the usual self-glorification of the middle-aged writer: Waugh takes us first to get to … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Radio Programs, Vile Bodies, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, JSTOR Daily, RAI Radio 3, SoloLibri.net, YouTube
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Daisy Waugh’s New Novel Reviewed
Several papers have published advanced reviews of Daisy Waugh’s new book In the Crypt with a Candlestick. This will be published later this month. See earlier post for report of an interview. Here’s the review by Natasha Cooper in the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, Literary Review, Metro News, Tatler
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New Daisy Waugh Novel Includes a Brideshead Spin-off
Daisy Waugh’s latest novel entitled In the Crypt with a Candlestick will be published next month. The novel is described in an interview of the author by the Daily Mail as having a Brideshead Revisited “spin-off” theme in the plot: Waugh’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Fiction, Interviews, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Daily Mail, Daisy Waugh
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Roundup: Orphans and Entrecote
This week’s roundup relates mostly to books and book reviews: –In reviewing the book Orphans: A History by Jeremy Seabrook in The Spectator, novelist Philip Hensher considers several eaxmples of how orphans have been treated in literature by various authors, … Continue reading
Waughs: Comedy and Fitness
An article has been posted entitled “Evelyn Waugh’s Comic Muse in Scoop”. This is by Dr Robert Hickson and is available on the weblog Catholicism.org. The article opens with the posting of Waugh’s introduction to the 1963 edition of Scoop … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop, Waugh Family
Tagged catholicism.org, Daily Mail, Daisy Waugh, Dr. Robert Hickson, fitness
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Evelyn Waugh, Essayist
A Spanish language website has reposted a 2011 article from the Guardian’s “Top 10” series in which journalist Harry Mount, now editor of The Oldie, lists his favorite essays. He begins by defining the term: There’s not much point in … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, Essays, Guardian, Harry mount, iNews
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More Waughs Than One
Daisy Waugh, novelist and journalist, is interviewed on the writers’ website Litopia. She is the daughter of Auberon and grand daughter of Evelyn and has written several books, both fiction and nonfiction. In the interview she discusses her latest offerings in both … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, Litopia, The Week
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