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Tag Archives: The Guardian
Roundup: 3 Novels–2 new and 1 renewed
—The Spectator reviews a new “campus novel”. This is called Seduction Theory and is written by Emily Adrian. Here is the opening paragraph: There is a fine tradition of campus novels that stretches from Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited (1945) and Kingsley … Continue reading
End-of-June Roundup
—The Times newspaper has a story by Magnus Linklater about the recent gift of a substantial book collection to the charity Christian Aid in Edinburgh. Here are some excerpts: …Among the books collected over a lifetime by Halla Beloff, senior … Continue reading
Posted in Discussions, Interviews, Items for Sale, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged Lovestruck Books, New York Times, The Guardian, The Spectator, The Times
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St Patrick’s Day Roundup
–Ben Lawrence writes in the Daily Telegraph that “The arts are now terrified of God”. Here are the opening paragraphs: “We don’t do God.” Such was Alastair Campbell’s Rottweiler-like shutdown of journalists asking about the faith of his then-boss Tony … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Country Life, Daily Telegraph, The Express, The Fleming Foundation, The Guardian
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Roundup: Television and Weblogs
–Blogger Andrew Kern has posted on Substack an article praising Waugh’s war novel Men at Arms. Here are the opening paragraphs: Evelyn Waugh wrote better than any dead or living Briton from the 20th century. He tells stories that incorporate … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Interviews, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, House of Guinness, Ma Mayfield, Metro.co.uk, The Guardian
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Roundup: Renewed Interest in Rosemary Tonks
–The London Review of Books reviews the reprints of three of the later novels by poet-novelist Rosemary Tonks. She wrote during the period 1963-1980. After a rather difficult life, she stopped writing in 1980 to become a fundamentalist Christian, dying … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged London Review of Books, Rosemary Tonks, The Guardian, The Spectator, Vanity Fair
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General Election Roundup
—The Oldie has posted an article by A N Wilson commenting on elections with particular reference to the one scheduled for next week in the UK. Here’s an excerpt where he is reminded of Evelyn Waugh’s position on that subject: … Continue reading
Roundup: Two Letters and a Vase
—The Spectator has an article by Dot Wordsworth that features a misattribution to Evelyn Waugh. Here’s the opening: ‘Evelyn Waugh,’ said my husband when I asked who came up with the analogy of carrying a Ming vase. He was, in … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Letters, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Oxford, World War II
Tagged New York Times, Sotheby's, The Guardian, The Spectator
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May Day Roundup
–In a recent report of the results of a football match between Manchester City and Real Madrid, the Guardian’s reporter Barney Ronay brings an Evelyn Waugh character into the discussion. Here’s the opening: It turns out Pep Guardiola was right … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Music, Newspapers
Tagged Alan Titchmarsh, America (Jesuit magazine), Evening Standard, The Guardian
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New Years Roundup
–The website LibraryThing.com has posted a review of the Folio Society editions of Black Mischief of which there have been three. Here’s the text: [Black Mischief] is a quite politically incorrect farce set in 1930 in the mythical country of … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Internet, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Folio Society, LibraryThing.com, Saltburn, The Guardian, The Times
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Armistice Day Roundup
—The Spectator carries an article revealing renewed interest in the works of innovative novelist Ronald Firbank. This is by contemporary novelist Alan Hollinghurst and is inspired by the recent erection of a Blue Plaque commemorating Firbank’s residence at 33 Curzon … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Complete Works, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Andrew Wylie, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Ronald Firbank, The Guardian, The Spectator, TLS
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