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Tag Archives: Sunday Telegraph
A Biography and A Portrait
–Waugh scholar and EW Society member Ann Pasternak Slater has written a new book relating to a writer Waugh admired but knew only slightly. This is a biography of T S Eliot’s wife Vivien. The book is reviewed by Brian … Continue reading
Roundup: Riots and Pestilence
–Conservative essayist and editor Roger Kimball writing in the journal The Epoch Times (describing itself as “non-partisan” but otherwise characterized elsewhere) addresses the controversial subject of political protests and street riots in the USA. The article is entitled “Those Burning … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Diario de Noticias, Georgetown University Library, Sunday Telegraph, The Epoch News, The Spectator
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Brideshead @ 75: Sunday Telegraph
This is the opening day of Brideshead Revisited’s 75th anniversary week. The first book publication took place on 28 May 1945 in London. The Sunday Telegraph is first off the mark in its recognition of the event with an article … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Hannah Betts, Sunday Telegraph
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Year End Roundup
—The Australian has a story headed by a photo of Evelyn Waugh.  The story is by Greg Harrison and is entitled “Our prime ministers need a holiday–and time to read a novel for pleasure.” After noting his disagreement with those who … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Labels, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged Martha Stewart, National Catholic Register, Sunday Telegraph, The Australian, The Spectator
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Cinco de Mayo Roundup
Today is Cinco de Mayo which celebrates the victory of Mexico over the French Empire in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla. The Mexicans lost to the French about a year later but still mark this victory of their smaller … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Auberon Waugh, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Robbery Under Law, Sword of Honour
Tagged AtlasObscura.com, Guardian, HumanEvents.com, JSTOR, Religion and Literature, Sunday Telegraph, The Unz Review, University of Texas
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BBC: Waugh and Eliot
There will be a program on BBC4 tonight that may be of interest to our readers. This is “Return to TS Eliotland,” presented by A N Wilson. It will air at 9pm and will be available on BBC iPlayer thereafter. … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Complete Works, Documentaries, Interviews, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged AN Wilson, BBC, Face to Face, Sunday Telegraph, TS Eliot
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Telegraph Reviews Opening of Waugh Art Exhibit
On the occasion of the opening of the exhibit next week at Maggs Bros booksellers relating to Waugh’s work as a graphic artist, Michael Bird reviews his career in that field in today’s Sunday Telegraph. After describing Waugh’s movement from modernist iconoclast to opponent of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Events, London, Newspapers
Tagged EW Pinxit, Maggs Bros booksellers, Michael Bird, Sunday Telegraph
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Evelyn Waugh and Amanda Craig
The Sunday Telegraph has a feature length article in which columnist Allison Pearson reviews a new novel by Amanda Craig in her “Shelf Life” column. This is The Lie of the Land and is described as the first state of … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Allison Pearson, Amanda Craig, Brexit, state of the nation, Sunday Telegraph
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Decline and Fall Discussed by Radio 4 and Sunday Papers
The latest episode of BBC Radio 4’s Front Row featured a discussion of the network’s TV adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. Presenter Stig Abell interviewed scriptwriter James Wood and literary critic Suzi Feay, who writes for the Financial Times. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Television
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Daily Mail, Deborah Ross, Euan Ferguson, Front Row, Hugo Rifkind, James Wood, Louis Wise, Observer, Sunday Telegraph, Suzi Feay, Times newspapers
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