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Armistice Day Roundup
–The London Review of Books has posted an episode from its ongoing podcast called Close Reads that may be of interest. This is in a series entitled “On Satire” that is conducted by Colin Burrow and Clare Bucknell, both Fellows … Continue reading
Pre-Halloween Roundup
–A copy of a 1938 passenger list for the SS Aquitania has been posted on Reddit. This contains the opening pages and then an excerpt showing passengers whose names begin with “W”. On that page are listed Evelyn Waugh and … Continue reading
Dog Days Roundup
–BBC has announced the rebroadcast of a three-hour adaptation of Waugh’s wartime novel Put Out More Flags. This will air on BBC Radio 4 Extra over three successive days at 15:00p British time starting on Tuesday, 3 September 2024. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Black Mischief, Put Out More Flags, Radio, Scott-King's Modern Europe, Sword of Honour
Tagged BBC, Crisis magazine, The Imaginative Conservative
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St Patricks Day Roundup
–The current issue of The Critic magazine has the latest effort to revive the works of novelist Henry Green. This is in an article entitled “An off-kilter visionary” by Alexander Larman. The article prominently cites Waugh’s on and off relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Festivals, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Theater, Vile Bodies
Tagged Henry Green, Holland Festival, The Critic, The Imaginative Conservative, The Wrap
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Roundup: Oxford, Metro-Land and Commandos
—The Times has a review of the recent book about Waugh and the Oxford-based Hypocrites Club, entitled Hellfire. See previous posts. This is reviewed by Daisy Dunn who opens with a well written summary of some of the book’s high … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, Commandos, Financial Times, Marcel Proust, Metro-Land, The Imaginative Conservative, The Times newspaper
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Roundup: End it with a Waugh
–An opinion article in The Times by Matthew Parris considers the actions that will be taken on the part of Tory politicians seeking to replace Boris Johnson as their leader. Their different political placements call for different tactics. But the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Irish Times, New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Imaginative Conservative, The Spctator, The Times
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Mid-May Roundup
–Nicholas Lezard, writing for the New Statesman opens his article on cold weather angst with this: I was reading Evelyn Waugh’s first travel book, Labels, which for some inexplicable reason I had never got round to before, and I was … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Labels, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Daily Mail, New Statesman, The Imaginative Conservative, The Spectator, The Times
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Hooper, Rex Mottram and Modern Education
Author and journalist Joseph Pearce has published an essay about the shortcomings of modern education on The Imaginative Conservative weblog. This is a follow up to an earlier posting on G.K. Chesterton’s views relating to the same subject in which the importance of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Scott-King's Modern Europe
Tagged education, Joseph Pearce, The Imaginative Conservative
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Waugh Novel Recommended in Gift List
A Waugh novel has been selected for a list of potential gifts to be given to “conservative gentlemen.” The list appears on the weblog The Imaginative Conservative. The criteria for inclusion provide that the gift must be “quality if not…costly” (avoiding ties, … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Television
Tagged The Imaginative Conservative
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