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Tag Archives: Selina Hastings
Five Books (more)
Reader Dave Lull has done some additional research in the archives of the Five Books interviews and came up with a July 2012 interview with Waugh biographer Selina Hastings. See previous post. She was asked about books relating to Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Diaries, Interviews
Tagged Five Books, Selina Hastings, Timothy Garton Ash
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Three Generations of Waughs in The Oldie
Various Waughs (and their associates) are scattered throughout the pages of this month’s issue of The Oldie. The leading feature article by Alan Thomas is about the Bright Young People and opens with a reference to Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies: … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Biographies, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Anthony Powell, BBC Arena, Daily Telegraph, Nicholas Shakespeare, Selina Hastings, The Oldie
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Evelyn Waugh and Selina Hastings x 2
Forum Auctions has posted an early letter from Evelyn Waugh (sometime in 1929) relating to the writing of Vile Bodies. This is addressed to Lord Hastings and thanks him for the loan of a two-volume work about his ancestor Selina, Countess … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Vile Bodies
Tagged Forum Auctions, Lord Hastings, Selina Countess of Huntingdon, Selina Hastings
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Martin Stannard Reviews New Waugh Biography
Martin Stannard, who wrote the standard and so far definitive biography of Evelyn Waugh, has reviewed the latest one by Philip Eade. Professor Stannard is also in charge, with Waugh’s grandson, Alexander, of the publication of the complete works of Waugh by … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Martin Srannard, Philip Eade, Selina Hastings, The Tablet
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Biography Reviewed in Herald
The new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade is reviewed in the (Glasgow) Herald (now rebranded simply, and rather pompously, as “The Herald” but still published in Glasgow) by Richard Strachan. He points out that a disproportionate part of the book … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Black Mischief, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Oxford, Remote People, World War II
Tagged Glasgow Herald, Martin Stannatd, Philip Eade, Richard Strachan, Selina Hastings
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Waugh Lecture on Friendship with Nancy Mitford
Lancing College has posted a report on the annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture which was presented last week at the college by Selina Hastings:  Selina’s subject for her talk was the literary and epistolary relationship between Waugh and his lifetime friend, … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Events, Lancing, Lectures, Letters
Tagged Nancy Mitford, Selina Hastings
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Selina Hastings to Give Annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture
Waugh biographer Selina Hastings will deliver the annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture at Lancing College on Thursday. The lecture is not open to the public, but anyone interested in attending should contact Claire Welling at Lancing re making special arrangements: (click … Continue reading
Posted in Lancing, Lectures
Tagged Evelyn Waugh Lecture, Selina Hastings
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Waugh’s Religion
In the current issue of the U.K. paper The Catholic Herald, an article (“Seduced by the ‘Devil’ Hitler” by Francis Phillips) opens with a familiar quote from Evelyn Waugh: There is a well-known story about the novelist Evelyn Waugh. He … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Catholicism, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Christopher Sykes, Nancy Mitford, Selina Hastings, The Catholic Herald
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Times Diary Reports Waugh Advice on Letters to America
Patrick Kidd in today’s Times Diary reports a talk given at last week’s Waugh conference in Leicester by biographer Selina Hastings: Waugh’s correspondence with Nancy Mitford, included advice on how he dealt with fan mail. Some (university clubs, creative-writing students, … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Letters, Miscellaneous
Tagged Nancy Mitford, Selina Hastings
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