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Tag Archives: Guardian
Halloween Roundup
–There are several reviews this week of William Boyd’s new novel Trio. Waugh is mentioned in some of them. The Guardian’s review opens with this: …Some of his comic writing suggests a kinship with Evelyn Waugh as a farceur of rare … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Damian McBride, Evesham Journal, Guardian, Lord Bevarbrook, Rosalind Morrison, Standpont, The Scotsman
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Roundup: From Goldfinger to What’s Become of Waring?
–The Guardian has announced the death earlier this month of actress Margaret Nolan (1943-2020). She had …a noticeable role in the Beatles film A Hard Day’s Night (as the girl accompanying Wilfrid Brambell in a casino), and the James Bond … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers
Tagged Duncan McLaren, Guardian, Harpers Magazine, Margaret Nolan, New Statesman, P.G.Wodehouse, The Critic, The Quarterly Review, William Boyd, William Gaddis
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Roundup: Agony Aunts and Metroland
–In the Daily Telegraph, Rowan Pelling muses over whether novelists would make good advice to the lovelorn “agony aunts”. Pelling has always thought Edith Wharton would be excellent and notes that Simone de Beauvoir and Anaïs Nin in fact functioned … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Film, Interviews, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, The Times, The Wanderer
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Roundup
–The Irish Times has a story about a visit to Birr Castle in Ireland. This is the home of the Earls of Rosse, and the present Lady Rosse conducts the IT ‘s reporter, Rosita Boland, through the house in a televised … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Biographies, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Ronald Knox
Tagged Daily Mail, DBC Pierre, Epoch Times, First Things, Guardian, Irish Times, The Scotsman
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Pre-Easter Roundup
–Roger Lewis has posted another reading list for the current epidemic. This is in the Daily Mail and is entitled “Keep laughing and read on.” Waugh’s 1938 novel Scoop is among those recommended: William Boot, who contributes nature columns on … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Australian Financial News, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Guardian, L'Officiel, Ralph Lauren, Southern Utah University, TLS
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Spring Equinox Roundup
–Several publications have posted recommended binge reading and watching for the homebound during the Wuhan coronavirus shut-down. Many of these include books or adaptations of books by Waugh: —The Guardian produced a list of 50 of the “Best Binge Watches: … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days
Tagged Forbes magazine, Guardian, Lucire magazine, mancunianmatters.co.uk, Sunday Times
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Beaton Exhibit Opens at NPG
The much-mentioned exhibition of Cecil Beaton’s photgraphic record of the Bright Young People of the 1920s opens today at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Waugh’s biographer Selina Hastings has written a review for the current issue of Tatler. It … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Decline and Fall, Events, Interviews, London, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Cecil Beaton, Ferdinand Mount, Guardian, Henry Lamb, Londonist, Robin Muir, Selina Hastings, Southby's, Tatler, The Oldie, The Times
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Shrove Tuesday Roundup
–The BBC has announced plans to release a collection of audio recordings of Jeremy Front’s radio adaptations of several works by Evelyn Waugh. This will include Brideshead Revisited and Decline and Fall as well as several others not identified specifically … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Audiobooks, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC Radio, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, LitHub.com, Sally Rooney, The Times
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Late January Roundup
–The New York Times, in a recent column in its By The Book series, interviewed dramatist and gay health rights activist Larry Kramer. Waugh came up in this context: Q. What’s the last book you read that made you laugh? … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Sword of Honour
Tagged Catholic News Service, Guardian, New York Times, St Louis Public Library, The Spectator
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Waugh and Celebrations, or not, as the Case May Be
–The Guardian in an editorial recently addressed various proposals to celebrate (or gloat over) Brexit. These range from suggestions of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson that Big Ben be temporarily brought back into service to ring in their victory and Leave … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Newspapers, Photographs, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Brexit, Bright Young People, Castle Howard, Daily Mail, Guardian, Vogue
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