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Tag Archives: Ian Fleming
Roundup: Anniversaries, Flemings and Nature Writing
–A feature length article in the religious journal Crisis Magazine marks the anniversary of Waugh’s conversion to Roman Catholicism on 29 September 1930. This is written by S A McCarthy and entitled “The Curmudgeonly Catholic: Three Life Lessons from Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Ninety-Two Days, Scoop
Tagged Christie's, Crisis magazine, Financial Times, Ian Fleming, Sydney Morning Herald, The Spectator, The Times newspaper
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William Boyd’s A to Z of Evelyn Waugh
Lancing College has posted a report of the talk at the college’s annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture given last month by novelist William Boyd. Here’s Lancing’s description of the event: William Boyd, the master story teller, novelist and screenwriter delighted his … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Lancing, Lectures, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies, World War II
Tagged Evelyn Waugh Lecture, Ian Fleming, William Boyd
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Pre-Christmas Roundup
The Financial Times has a review of a new book about country houses that opens with this reference to Evelyn Waugh who was something of an expert on the subject: Evelyn Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited in the early 1940s as … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Country Life, Financial Times, Ian Fleming, The Independent
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Roundup: From Seven Deadly Sins to Four Brandy Alexanders
–The Spanish newspaper El Mundo has a story about the career of novelist Ian Fleming, best known for his James Bond novels and films. This begins with a discussion of Fleming’s less well-known role as International Editor of The Sunday … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Men at Arms, Newspapers
Tagged Alan Hollinghurst, Belfast Telegraph, Daily Mail, Dan Hannan, El Mundo, Ian Fleming, Jalta.nl, Letters Live, New York Times, Quartzy, Stephen Fry, Washington Examiner
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Waugh and Country Houses
There have been several recent articles that mention Evelyn Waugh in connection with English country houses: Carlton Towers. As noted in a recent post, this house was the setting of Hetton Abbey in the 1980s film version of A Handful of … Continue reading
Waugh and The Queen Anne Press
A recent TLS article in its weekly back page NB column is devoted to the Queen Anne Press. This was written in response to the publication of a special issue of the Book Collector magazine devoted to Ian Fleming. The QAP was … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Items for Sale, Newspapers, The Holy Places
Tagged Ian Fleming, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Queen Anne Press, TLS
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Maud Russell Diaries in Telegraph
Excerpts from the wartime diaries of Maud Russell have been published in the Daily Telegraph. In a previous post it was explained how she commissioned Rex Whistler to paint murals in her country house at Mottisfont in Hampshire where there is … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Diaries, First Editions, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Ian Fleming, Maud Russell
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Rex Whistler Exhibit at Mottisfont Abbey
The Guardian has reported an exhibit of the works of artist Rex Whistler at Mottisfont Abbey, a National Trust property located in Hampshire between Winchester and Salisbury. Whistler decorated the interior of the house in the late 1930s when it … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, Scoop, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged Guardian, Ian Fleming, Maud Russell, Mottisfont Abbey, Rex Whistler Exhibition
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Waugh Remembered on Fleming Anniversary
A website devoted to the life and works of Ian Fleming has posted an article commemorating two important events on 12 August. One is the birth on that date in 1952 of Caspar, Fleming’s only son with his wife Ann. Ian … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Letters
Tagged Ann Fleming, Caspar Fleming, Ian Fleming
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Waugh and Ian Fleming
In an article published in the Guardian, Nicholas Lezard reviews the recent collection of Ian Fleming’s letters entitled The Man with the Golden Typewriter. This is edited by Fergus Fleming, author of several books and Fleming’s nephew (son of his … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Collections, Miscellaneous, Newspapers, The Holy Places
Tagged Guardian, Ian Fleming, Nicholas Lezard
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