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Tag Archives: New York Times
Waugh at Chatsworth
The Yorkshire Post has a story about an exhibit at Chatsworth House of Cecil Beaton’s photographs. The photos themselves are mostly from Southebys but the subjects of these photos are visitors to Chatsworth. One of the photos is of Evelyn Waugh. … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Photographs, Ronald Knox
Tagged Cecil Beaton, Chatsworth House, Daily Telegraph, Deborah Devonshire, New York Times
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Heywood Hill Bookstore Still Thriving
The Mayfair bookstore where Waugh was a customer and his friend Nancy Mitford was a manager is profiled in this week’s New York Times “T” magazine (“Shelf Life” p. 196). This is the Heywood Hill book store, in an article by Sarah … Continue reading
Posted in First Editions, London, Newspapers, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Heywood Hill Bookstore, Nancy Mitford, New York Times
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Brideshead Castle vs. Downton Abbey
Today’s Op-Ed pages in the New York Times carry a story (“The Stately Gift Shops of England”) about the English country house. This is by novelist Charles Lambert who credits this institution’s survival to the heritage industry and its primary advocate, the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Television, Television Programs, Waugh Family
Tagged Castle Howard, Charles Lambert, Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, New York Times
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Waugh and the Turtleneck
The latest New York Times Magazine has a story by Troy Patterson predicting the comeback of the turtleneck. Evelyn Waugh figures in the background material. The turtleneck’s introduction as a fashion statement is traced to the 1920s when Noel Coward … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Oxford
Tagged fashion, New York Times, turtleneck sweater
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1949 New York Times Interview with Evelyn Waugh
On Twitter, Terry Teachout draws our attention to a “forgotten” 1949 New York Times interview with Evelyn Waugh: “The best American writer, of course,” Mr. Waugh said, “is Erle Stanley Gardner. . . . Do I really wish to say … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Newspapers, Twitter
Tagged Erle Stanley Gardner, New York Times, Terry Teachout
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Simon Winchester, Waugh Reader
This week’s “By the Book” column in the New York Times features an interview of British journalist and author Simon Winchester. His most recent book is entitled Pacific, a nonfiction work about that area of the world. In answer to the … Continue reading
Posted in Vile Bodies
Tagged New York Times, Simon Winchester
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Alan Hollinghurst Praises Waugh Novel
In the latest New York Times “T-Magazine”, British novelist Alan Hollinghurst, best known for Line of Beauty (which reminded some commentators of Brideshead Revisited), has named his 10 favorite books. Among those listed is Waugh’s Put Out More Flags: Published in 1942, … Continue reading
Posted in Put Out More Flags
Tagged Alan Hollinghurst, New York Times
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Evelyn Waugh and the Charvet Shirt
A recent issue of the New York Times style magazine, somewhat presumptuously called “T,” carries an article (“Not Just Any White Shirt”) describing shirts made by the Parisian fashion house Charvet. In his efforts to validate this company as the benchmark brand for men’s shirts, the author … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Charvet, men's fashions, New York Times
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Joshua Cohen Awarded Copy of Scoop
In a recent review in the New York Times, novelist and critic Joshua Cohen went a bit over the top and has been called out for it in the Weekly Standard. Cohen is best known for his novels, including Witz (2010) and … Continue reading
Posted in Scoop
Tagged Daily Mail, Joshua Cohen, Mario Vargas Llosa, New York Times, Weekly Standard
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