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Tag Archives: The Oldie
Update: Thorpe Scandal Discussed in The Oldie
Milena Borden files this report from London relating to an article by Alexander Waugh in the latest issue of The Oldie: “Rinka’s Revenge: When Auberon Waugh fought Jeremy Thorpe in the 1979 election, he honoured a family love of dogs, says his … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Jeremy Thorpe, Rinka, The Oldie
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Updates: Brideshead Tonite
The Daily Telegraph offers this rather downbeat description in its TV schedules of the 2008 Brideshead Revisited film adaptation: In the light of the 1981 TV version of Evelyn Waugh’s novel, you do have to admire the chutzpah of anyone else giving … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, El Pais, The Oldie
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Three Generations of Waughs in The Oldie
Various Waughs (and their associates) are scattered throughout the pages of this month’s issue of The Oldie. The leading feature article by Alan Thomas is about the Bright Young People and opens with a reference to Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies: … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Biographies, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Anthony Powell, BBC Arena, Daily Telegraph, Nicholas Shakespeare, Selina Hastings, The Oldie
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George Smiley and Basil Seal
The Evening Standard has reviewed John Le Carre’s latest novel A Legacy of Spies in which he revives his old characters from the George Smiley novels. The reviewer David Sexton has this observation about the pitfalls of this practice: Often it … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Basil Seal Rides Again, Discussions, Labels, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Evening Standard, John le Carre, New York University, Paula Byrne, Sir Arthur Evans, The Oldie
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Another Waugh Writer
Another member of the Waugh family has turned to writing. This is Nathaniel Waugh, Evelyn’s grandson and second son of Auberon. According to a 2003 story in the Guardian by Alexander Chancellor, Nathaniel had recently moved to France from Shepherd’s Bush … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged France, Guardian, Nathaniel Waugh, The Oldie
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Alec Waugh Remembered
The current issue of The Oldie has a memoir by Alexander Waugh of his Uncle Alec. He was known in the family as “Uncle Sex” and the memoir is written on the 100th anniversary of the publication of his novel … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Express, Daily Mail, Rachel Johnson, The Oldie
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Waugh in Albania
Literary journalist and author David Pryce-Jones has written a “Letter from Albania: The Twilight of Zog” that appears in the current issue of The New Criterion. He reports on his attendance at a conference about the legacy of Communism in Albania … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged David Pryce-Jones, Joseph Kanon, New York Times, The New Criterion, The Oldie
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New Waugh Biography Reviewed
Philip Eade’s new biography, Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited, will be published next month in the U.K. The U.S. edition is scheduled for release in October. In what may be the first review to appear on the internet, Richard Davenport-Hines has … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh
Tagged Philip Eade, Richard Davenport-Hines, The Oldie
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