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Tag Archives: The Spectator
Roundup: A List, a Classic and a New Book
—The Guardian’s recent selection of the “Top 100 Novels” has left many readers disappointed. The Spectator has an article by Michael Henderson explaining why, at least in his case: …There are always going to be notable omissions, because no list … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged America (Jesuit magazine), First Things, The Spectator
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Roundup: Waugh in the Papers
–The papers last week reported that the James Tait Black literary awards for this year are in jeopardy due to a labor dispute at Edinburgh University. Here’s an excerpt from the Edinburgh Evening News: The UK’s oldest literary prize, which … Continue reading
60th Anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s Death: 10 April 1966
Several papers have posted remembrances of the anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death 60 years ago on 10 April 1966. Here are excerpts from the best two. –The one by Alexander Larman appeared in the Daily Telegraph and was reposted in … Continue reading
St Patrick’s Day Roundup
–The Sydney Morning Herald has an article about the “co-authored novel”. This is written by Drew Turney and opens with this: Evelyn Waugh is credited with saying “I never can understand how two men can write a book together. To … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Sydney Morning Herald, The American Conservative, The Spectator
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Early March Roundup
–An exhibit in London which may be of interest is mentioned in the papers. This is Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture. Here are the details: 300 years after his death, a major new exhibition exploring one of the UK’s greatest … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Exhibits, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Adrian Aldridge, Medium, The Spectator, The Times, Vanbrugh
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Lenten Roundup
–Lancing College has announced the details of this year’s Evelyn Waugh Lecture. Here is the announcement: The Head Master, Dr Scott Crawford, requests the pleasure of your company at the Evelyn Waugh Lecture and Annual Foundation Dinner, to be held on Thursday 30 … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Lancing, Lectures, Newspapers
Tagged Guardian, Tablet, The Spectator
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Spectator Compares Waugh Novel to Current BBC Series
The Spectator has an article by Alexander Larman in which he compares the current BBC drama series Industry to Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. Given the contents of Industry, which follows the careers of several young characters working at a London … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged 'Industry', Alexander Larman, BBC, The Spectator
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Roundup: MLK Day (US) Edition
–The Financial Times has an article by Janan Ganesh entitled “The right will want a United States of Europe”. It opens with this: Auberon Waugh, son of the novelist Evelyn, died a quarter of a century ago this month. Never … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Cherwell, Financial Times, The Conversation, The Imaginative Conservative, The Irish Aesthete, The Spectator
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First-of-the-Year Roundup
—Prospect Magazine has posted an interview of novelist William Boyd by Cosmo Adair. It begins with a discussion of Boyd’s latest novels (several dealing with spies) and proceeds back from that. Here’s an excerpt: …Of all the spy writers, Graham … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Heath Mount, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Los Angeles County Library, Prospect Magazine, The Spectator
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Mid-December Roundup
–Charles Moore writes in the Daily Telegraph a critique of the newly issued US National Security Strategy. The article is entitled “Civilisation erasure is real, but Donald Trump is part of the problem,” and opens with this: Amid stiff competition … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Decline and Fall, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Martin Stannard, PBK, The Lamp, The Spectator
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