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Tag Archives: Sunday Telegraph
Juneteenth Roundup
–This week’s Sunday Telegraph has an article entitled “The books that every 16-year-old boy should be reading.” This included short selections by several writers, including Simon Heffer who recommends Waugh’s Decline and Fall: When I was 16 and thinking of … Continue reading
Roundup: From Lytham Hall to Combe Florey
–Lytham Hall is cited in a recent article as having inspired or influenced the country house setting of Brideshead Revisited. This is in a feature-length article by David Slattery-Christy in the Sunday Express. The author thinks that both the owner … Continue reading
Roundup: Single-Sex Schools, The Mitfords, and Tales from Amazonia
–In last week’s Sunday Telegraph, Rowan Pelling had an article entitled “When single-sex schools die, will we all be poorer?” Here is an extract: …I can’t help wondering how the shelves of children will look in 20 years after all … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Labels, Newspapers, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, Tatler, The Mitfords
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Dog Days Roundup
–Will Lloyd, commissioning editor of the New Statesman, has written an interesting and enjoyable article in that journal summarizing why Evelyn Waugh’s works have outlived those of his contemporaries. This is entitled: “Evelyn Waugh is laughing at you: His lethally … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged cleveland.com, Daily Telegraph, Dawn Powell, George Orwell, New Criterion, New Statesman, Sunday Telegraph, Will Lloyd
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Tax Day Roundup
–An article in Lapham’s Quarterly commemorates Tax Day (even though it may have been postponed in the USA this year). This is from the recent book Rebellion, Rascals and Revenue: Tax Follies and Wisdom through the Ages by Michael Keen … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Scoop, Waugh Family
Tagged BBC, Eton College, Lapham's Quarterly, Norman Douglas, Selina Hastings, Sunday Telegraph, The Daily Eudemon
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Washington’s Birthday Roundup
–Last week’s Sunday Telegraph reviews a new book by Simon Fenwick entitled The Crichel Boys. This is about a post-WWII literary salon established in a house that was formerly the rectory of Long Crichel, Dorset. This was purchased by Eddy … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Catholic Insight, Simon Fenwick, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, The Modernist Review, The Spectator, University of California
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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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