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Tag Archives: The Oldie
The Oldie Does Auberon
The Oldie has been running on its weblog a series of excerpts of Auberon Waugh’s Rage columns from its early issues. The latest posting from 1995 deals with aging and is one of the better ones to surface. He begins … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Collections, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged Brexit, Catholic Herald, Harry mount, Jeffrey Bernard, The Oldie
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Roundup: Laura Waugh’s Lent
–In the Guardian, William Keegan compares the Brexit chaos to Waugh’s Decline and Fall: In order to switch off from Brexit in the evenings, your correspondent has taken to re-reading his favourite novels. Yet there is no escape! At the … Continue reading
Presidents Day Roundup
–An article in the current issue of Prospect Magazine wonders when contemporary writers will learn how to successfully incorporate text messages into fiction narratives. By way of background, the article by Jemma Slingo explains how Evelyn Waugh pioneered the technique … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Letters, Newspapers, Remote People, Vile Bodies
Tagged Catholic Herald, China Rhyming, Daily Telegraph, Isabella Hanger, Max Beerbohm, Monterey County Weekly, Patrick Kurp, Prospect Magazine, The Oldie
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Auberon (More)
The Oldie magazine continues its reposting of Auberon Waugh’s “Rage” columns from its early issues. The latest relates to his thoughts on “Yoof” culture of the 1990s. Here’s a sample: Nothing will be solved by giving them more money, nor … Continue reading
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Tagged Christopher Hart, Literary Review, The Oldie
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Auberon Waugh “Celebrated” in New Book
A new book composed of writings by Auberon Waugh has been compiled by Naim Attallah and published by his Quartet Books as A Scribbler in Soho. This will be released in the UK on 24 January and is reviewed in … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Collections, Newspapers
Tagged Christopher Howse, Daily Telegraph, Naim Attallah, The Oldie
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Weekend Roundup: St Helena and Pick-me-ups
This week’s roundup starts with religious and moves on to secular issues: –August 18th is the feast day of St Helena in the western church calendar. Blogger Amy Welborn has posted an article on Waugh’s novel about the Saint for … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Helena, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Evening Standard, National Review, The National, The Oldie, The Times
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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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