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Tag Archives: Simon Heffer
Waugh and the Cancel Culture
Simon Heffer writing in the Daily Telegraph discusses the cancel culture’s attack on Philip Larkin. He suggests the proper area of debate should be limited to Larkin the man and not his poetry. In the course of the article he … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Philip Larkin, Simon Heffer
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Chips Channon Diaries Booklaunch
The Heywood Hill Bookshop in Mayfair London has organized a webinar in connection with the upcoming publication of the unexpurgated diaries of politician and gossip “Chips” Channon. Here are the details from The Oldie magazine: Henry āChipsā Channon: The Diaries … Continue reading
Posted in Discussions, Events
Tagged Chips Channon, Heywood Hill Books, Simon Heffer
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Waugh Transformed
Simon Heffer in the Daily Telegraph has written an article entitled “How the Second World War transformed British literature”. The subject is a good bit more narrow than the title suggests. In fact, he considers primarily how WWII transformed the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Graham Greene, Simon Heffer
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Simon Heffer on Decline and Fall
In today’s Daily Telegraph, journalist, author, and political commentator Simon Heffer has written an essay on Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. He recalls being assigned to read it at the age of 16Ā inĀ a pile of books for his entrance … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Simon Heffer
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Simon Heffer Links Waugh and Greene
Critic and columnist Simon Heffer has written an essay assessing Graham Greene’s work in the Telegraph. He admits to having had a problem with some of Greene’s work, especially the Roman Catholic bits, but after setting out toĀ read though the … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Graham Greene, Simon Heffer
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