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Tag Archives: Evening Standard
Roundup: Decline in Standards and Increase in Price
—The Times has published a sort of interview with William Boyd on the occasion of the publication of his latest novel, Gabriel’s Moon. Here’s an excerpt: There is no point attempting to whitewash old attitudes. Trying to tidy up the bad … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Miscellaneous, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Catholic World Report, Evening Standard, Guardian, Jonkers Booksellers, The Oldie, The Times, William Boyd
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May Day Roundup
–In a recent report of the results of a football match between Manchester City and Real Madrid, the Guardian’s reporter Barney Ronay brings an Evelyn Waugh character into the discussion. Here’s the opening: It turns out Pep Guardiola was right … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Music, Newspapers
Tagged Alan Titchmarsh, America (Jesuit magazine), Evening Standard, The Guardian
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Roundup
–The New Statesman has an article by Josiah Gogarty entitled “Only snobbery can stop Elon Musk: Class prejudice is the last weapon against tech titans.” Waugh makes a contribution: …Then there’s the more squeamish side of elitism: class snobbery. This … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Internet, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Mechanics Institute, New Statesman, The Sunday Times, University Challenge
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Winter Solstice Roundup
–This letter appeared in a recent issue of The Times newspaper: DECLARATION OF WAUGH Sir, The late Duchess of Devonshire showed me a book given to her by the Roman Catholic Evelyn Waugh, having an inscription by him along the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Piers Court, Remote People, Ronald Knox
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Financial Times, Spectator, The Times
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Piers Court Sold at Auction
According to the auctioneers and several press reports, Piers Court sold yesterday for £3,160,000. Whether and how the new owners will take possession has not yet been fully explained. According to yesterday’s Evening Standard “the eight-bedroom house has sold online … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers, Piers Court, Waugh Family
Tagged Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Guardian
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Elizabeth II (1926-2022) R.I.P.
The main story of the week is of course the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Waugh commented little about the monarchy, but some of the papers found relevant references in his works. –Dominic Green writing in the Wall Street Journal … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Items for Sale, Letters, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Evening Standard, Guardian, Wall Street Journal
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Summer Bank Holiday Roundup
–D J Taylor in the latest issue of Literary Review has written a review of the new biography by Patrick Donovan. This is entitled Arnold Bennett: Last Icon. It was mentioned in a previous post. Here’s an excerpt from the … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, Waugh Family
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Duncan McLaren, Evening Standard, Guardian, Literary Review, The Monthly
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Washington’s Birthday Roundup
–In the TLS, backpage columnist M.C. is reminded of the BBC television quiz show Take It or Leave It. Devised by Brigid Brophy, this quiz show ran from 1964 until 1971 on BBC Two. “Preference and prejudice towards books and … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged BBC, comedy.co.uk, Evening Standard, Hanya Yanagihara, MercatorNet.com, Michael Mills, New Yorker, Particia Lockwood, The Critic, TLS
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The Cult of the Country House Reconsidered
A reference to the article of Matthew d’Ancona in the Evening Standard was inadvertently omitted from yesterday’s post on the critical reception of the BBC’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. This is a pity because it … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Evening Standard, Matthew d'Ancona
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