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Tag Archives: New Yorker
75th Anniversary of The Loved One
The Loved One appeared in print 75 years ago this month in the pages of Cyril Connolly’s magazine Horizon. Waugh had begun writing it on 21 May 1947 shortly after his return to England from Los Angeles. He finished a … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe, The Loved One
Tagged Cyril Connolly, Daily Mail, Horizon magazine, New Yorker, Peter Quennell
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Roundup: Waugh Venues and School Envy
–The American print media have finally discovered the news about the sale of Piers Court. A brief article appears in the New Yorker entitled “For Sale: Evelyn Waugh’s Manor House, 8 BR/24 Acres/1 Waugh-Obsessed Tenant”. This begins with a summary … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers, Piers Court, Scoop
Tagged Conde Nast Traveller, New Yorker, Oxford Blue, The Article
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Father’s Day Roundup
–The New Yorker offers a special Father’s Day treat by reposting several articles from its archives on the subject of fathers. One of these is the 2007 review by Joan Acocella of the book Fathers and Sons by Alexander Waugh. … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Autographs, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Piers Court, Television Programs, Waugh Family
Tagged Bonhams, Harvard Law School, New Yorker, The Critic, WiltshireLive.com
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Spring Equinox Roundup
–The religious-philosophical website First Things has posted an article by George Weigel about conspiracy theories from within the Vatican hierarchy. This opens with an allusion to a seldom-mentioned Waugh character who has suddenly become relevant in the present international environment: … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged First Things, Gresham College, New Yorker, Paula Byrne, Radio Spada, The Spectator
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Washington’s Birthday Roundup
–In the TLS, backpage columnist M.C. is reminded of the BBC television quiz show Take It or Leave It. Devised by Brigid Brophy, this quiz show ran from 1964 until 1971 on BBC Two. “Preference and prejudice towards books and … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged BBC, comedy.co.uk, Evening Standard, Hanya Yanagihara, MercatorNet.com, Michael Mills, New Yorker, Particia Lockwood, The Critic, TLS
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New Yorker’s “Waugh Stories”
The New Yorker has reposted its 2007 article entitled “Waugh Stories”. This apparently began life as a review of Alexander Waugh’s 2004 book Fathers and Sons but grew into something more ambitious in which the reviewer Joan Acocella launches into … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Articles, Auberon Waugh, Black Mischief, Newspapers
Tagged Joan Acocella, New Yorker, Private Eye Diary
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The Loved One Meets the Wuhan Coronavirus
–A blogger posting as “Sapper” traces the influence of Waugh’s writing about Los Angeles in the post war 1940s to what may be the first of several New Yorker essays by English writer and satirist Geoff Dyer, now a resident … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Geoff Dyer, leafly.com, New Yorker, The American Conservative
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Armistice Day Roundup
— Fr John Hunwicke posting on his website addresses literary works related to the commemoration of Armistice Day (Remembrance Sunday in the UK): As far as WW2 is concerned, I often think about the contrast between two great fictional literary … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Decline and Fall, Events, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, The Loved One
Tagged English National Opera, Fr John Hunwicke, New York Public Library, New York Times, New Yorker
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W G Sebald, Comic Novelist?
In a long article in the latest edition of the New Yorker, Anglo-American literary scholar and critic James Wood (not to be confused with the scriptwriter of the same name who wrote BBC’s recent adaptation of Decline and Fall) tries … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged James Wood, New Yorker, W G Sebald
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