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Evelyn Waugh, Walter Gropius and Prof Otto Silenus
Fiona MacCarthy, biographer and art historian, has written a biography of architect Walter Gropius. At least two reviewers have noted his contribution to the character of Prof Otto Silenus in Waugh’s debut novel Decline and Fall. Novelist Philip Hensher, writing … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Biographies, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Bauhaus, Fiona MacCarthy, Guardian, John Carey, Philip Hensher, Spectator, The Sunday Times, Walter Gropius
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Auberon Waugh (More)
Additional reviews of the new collection of Auberon Waugh’s writings (A Scribbler in Soho) are becoming available. The book was released earlier this week. Prof John Carey writing in the latest edition of the Sunday Times describes the contents as … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Collections, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged John Carey, Naim Attallah, Roger Lewis, Sunday Times, The Times
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Anthony Powell Biography to Appear Next Week
Hilary Spurling, who has written a new and much awaited biography of Anthony Powell, has served up an appetizer in an article published in the Times. She starts with a survey of the major 20th century writers who admired Powell’s … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Diaries, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Anthony Powell, Hilary Spurling, John Carey, Times newspaper
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Quarreling with Waugh
In an interview posted earlier today by ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Clive James is asked by Mark Colvin for more insight into his recent rereading of Waugh’s Sword of Honour: I’m always re-reading it. Always quarreling with him. But you always … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Interviews, Radio Programs, Sword of Honour
Tagged Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Clive James, Edward St. Aubyn, John Carey, Mark Colvin
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