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Mark McGinness Notes Anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s Death
The Australian literary critic Mark McGinness has published an article in The Oldie that commemorates the 58th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death on 10 April 1966. Here are the opening paragraphs: Twenty years ago, Alexander Waugh wrote a brilliant collective … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Men at Arms, Newspapers
Tagged Mark McGinness, The Oldie
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Elizabeth Jane Howard Centenary: b. 26 March 1923
The Oldie has published a remembrance by Mark McGinness of novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard’s centenary which occurs today. Here’s an excerpt: Elizabeth Jane Howard would have been 100 on 26 March. Her stepson, Martin Amis, paid tribute to her “penetrating … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Interviews, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mark McGinness, The Oldie, The Times
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Granada TV Adaptation Celebrated in the Spectator
The Spectator has published an article marking the 40th anniversary of the 1981 Granada TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. This is by literary critic Mark McGinness. It opens with a description of the state of mind of potential UK viewers … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Mark McGinness, The Spectator
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Rosalind Morrison (More)
The Australian literary magazine Quadrant has posted a story by Mark McGinness which provides more details about the life of Rosalind Morrison who died recently at the age of 74. See previous post. He explains among other things her connection … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Madresfield Court, Mark McGinness, Quadrant, Rosalind Morrison
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Brideshead @ 75: Tablet, Quadrant, Penguin
More commemorations of the Brideshead anniversary have been posted: –Eleanor Doughty writing in The Tablet confesses in her introduction that, despite being a dedicated Waugh fan, she has never liked this particular volume. She surveys other literary journalists and scholars, … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Eleanor Doughty, Mark McGinness, Penguin Books, Quadrant, The Tablet
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Queen Victoria @ 200
On Queen Victoria’s 200th birthday we should recall that Evelyn Waugh was a keen admirer of all things Victorian, if not necessarily the Queen herself. He wrote several articles dedicated to Victoriana at a time when it was not a … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Newspapers
Tagged Australia, Mark McGinness, Quadrant, Queen Victoria, Robert Byron
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Waugh: A Review and A Profile
In the latest issue of the Australian literary journal Quadrant, Mark McGinness reviews the first volume of Waugh’s collected journalism in v. 26 (Essays, Articles and Reviews 1922-1934) of OUP’s Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh edited by Prof Donat Gallagher. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Anglotopia, Donat Gallagher, Mark McGinness, Quadrant
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“Tsunami of Waviana”
The Australian magazine Quadrant has a review in its online edition by Mark McGinness of the early volumes of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh published earlier this week. The article is entitled “Total Waugh.” McGinness begins with an effort to … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Complete Works, Diaries, Letters, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged Mark McGinness, Oxford University Press, Prufrock, Quadrant magazine, Weekly Standard
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The Fruit of Whispering Glades
The TLS has published an article marking the centenary of the birth of Jessica Mitford, sister of Waugh’s friends Nancy, Diana and Deborah. The story (“Happy 100th Birthday, Decca”) is by Mark McGinness who has also recently written about Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Jessica Mitford, Mark McGinness, TLS
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Eade Biography Reviewed in Antipodes
The new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade is reviewed by Mark McGinness in the Sydney Morning Herald. After summarizing Waugh’s life as reflected in Eade’s book McGinness concludes: Waugh’s work has and will endure. Leicester University and Oxford University … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Complete Works, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic Herald, Mark McGinness, Philip Eade, Sydney Morning Herald
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