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Tag Archives: Financial Times
Waugh Books Feature in Best of Year Listings
UK newspapers have begun listingĀ their best of the year selections, and books about Waugh feature in several of them. Philip Eade’s biography was named in numerous papers. The Financial Times included the book in its selections of best literary non-fiction: … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Ann Pasternak Slater, Douglas Patey, Financial Times, Guardian, Philip Eade, Sunday Times
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FT Reviews Waugh Biography
Literary journalist Suzi Feay reviews Philip Eade’s biography in the latest edition of the Financial Times’ book pages. Feay recently moderated the Waugh panel at this year’s Oxford Literary Festival, which was sponsored by the FT. While recognizing, as have … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Financial Times, Philip Eade, Suzi Feay
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Waugh and Arboretums
Today’s Financial Times has a feature length articleĀ about John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843), the inventor of the arboretum. The first of this new type of garden was planted in Derby in 1840 and inspired similar designs in the U.S. at New … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged arboretums, Financial Times, John Claudius Loudon
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FT Considers Digital Age Debrett’s
Today’s Financial Times has an article about the new ownership of Debrett’s and explains how they hope to exploit the brand. To put the company’s main product in historic perspective, they turn to a quote from Evelyn Waugh: Founded in … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Debrett's, Financial Times
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Waugh and “How to Spend It”
The London Review of Books Blog has posted an article by Inigo Thomas on conspicuous consumption as evidenced by the magazine How to Spend It that accompanies weekend editions of the Financial Times. The blog article opens with a description … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged Financial Times, How to Spend It, Waldorf Astoria
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First Edition of Brideshead to be Auctioned
Today’s papers report that aĀ rare pre-publication copy of Brideshead Revisited belonging to the late Duchess of Devonshire (born Deborah Mitford) will be auctioned by Southeby’s. Ā Here is the story from the Guardian: The items include a true first edition of … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, First Editions, Items for Sale, Letters, Newspapers, Ronald Knox
Tagged Deborah Mitford, Financial Times, Guardian, Southeby's
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Waugh Letters Discovered at Maggs Bros
The Financial Times reports the closure of Maggs Bros. bookstore in Berkeley Square where it has been located for about 80 years. The plan is to move to new premises yet to be located. One advantage of the move has … Continue reading
Posted in Letters
Tagged Financial Times, Maggs Bros. Ltd.
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Waugh Listed on New Rare Book Index
The Financial TimesĀ has published a report ofĀ anĀ index which tracks the prices of rare first editions. Among the 35 titles included is Waugh’s Decline and Fall which is listed at Ā£9,364. Waugh’s friends Graham Greene, Ian Fleming and George Orwell areĀ among … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, First Editions
Tagged Financial Times, Rare Book Index, Stanley Gibbons
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Waugh and Mr. Toad
Novelist Andrew Martin has written a columnĀ in the Financial Times in which he confesses to enjoy reading fiction about the very rich. His favorite hero is Mr. Toad not because he was, as he characterised himself, āhandsomeā and ācleverā, but … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Letters
Tagged Andrew Martin, Books about the rich, Financial Times
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