Tag Archives: Spectator

Peter Watson: Biography of Everard’s Angel

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s Spectator reviews a biography of Pater Watson, probably best known to Waugh fans as the financial backer of Cyril Connolly’s Horizon magazine during WWII and early postwar austerity. The magazine and Connolly are satirized as Survival and Everard … Continue reading →

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Max Hastings Watches the BBC’s Face-to-Face Interviews

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

In this week’s Spectator, Max Hastings, former Daily Telegraph editor, comments on his viewing of DVDs of the BBC’s Face to Face interviews, which he had recently been sent as a gift. The recordings have been circulation since 2009, and it … Continue reading →

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Complete archives of The Tablet and The Catholic Herald now online

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

The Tablet and The Catholic Herald have made available online and searchable their archives of past issues. The Spectator did this last year, benefiting greatly Evelyn Waugh enthusiasts and also admirers of the work of his son Auberon, a fixture … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh’s ear trumpet vs. £4,000 worth of electronic hearing aids

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Alexander Chancellor tries Waugh’s notorious ear trumpet, and is impressed: On Christmas Day, in the Somerset home of my daughter Eliza, and her husband, Alexander Waugh, Evelyn’s grandson, I was offered the novelist’s old ear trumpet to try. I am … Continue reading →

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Maugham, Ford, Waugh, and the experience of war

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Antony F. P. Vickery

In The Spectator‘s Book Blog, Steven McGregor discusses Somerset Maugham’s The Hero, Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End, and Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour Trilogy in the light of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a follow-up post, David … Continue reading →

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