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Tag Archives: The Spectator
Roundup: Eliot, Milton and Stonewalling
–The current issue of the Journal of the T S Eliot Society (UK): 2022 contains an essay entitled “Different Voices: Evelyn Waugh and The Waste Land.” This is by William Myers who is presumably the author of Evelyn Waugh and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged ANQ, Independent, John Milton, T S Eliot Society (UK), The Spectator
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Gerhardie, Waugh and Boyd
Novelist William Boyd has written an essay for The Spectator about the influence of William Gerhardie’s novels on several British novelists of the interwar period. It is entitled “Evelyn Waugh’s sincerest form of flattery.” Here’s an excerpt from the beginning: … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged The Spectator, William Boyd, William Gerhardie
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Roundup: Boris Johnson, Arcadia and a Feghoot
–The New Statesman mentions Waugh twice in separate articles recounting the last days of Boris Johnson’s premiership. The first is by Jason Cowley and is entitled “In 2019 Boris Johnson had everything he wanted. But the gods were waiting for … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Feghoots, New Statesman, The Spectator, TLS, Washington Post
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Roundup: Book List and Bullingdon
–Charles Moore writing in the Daily Telegraph has a story entitled “Not even the Queen’s Jubilee is safe from BBC preaching: There are good writers all across the Commonwealth, but Auntie insists on telling us that it knows best”. He … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged BBC, Bullingdon Club, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Queen's Jubilee Book List, The Critic, The Spectator
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Spring Equinox Roundup
–The religious-philosophical website First Things has posted an article by George Weigel about conspiracy theories from within the Vatican hierarchy. This opens with an allusion to a seldom-mentioned Waugh character who has suddenly become relevant in the present international environment: … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged First Things, Gresham College, New Yorker, Paula Byrne, Radio Spada, The Spectator
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Middlemarch Roundup
–The Financial Times recently considered the revival of the sleeveless sweater–a/k/a tank top or V-neck: “As far as I know, the history of the tank top starts from the 1930s, where men would wear a V-neck slipover that was often … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Daily Mail, Financial Times, Public Discourse, Taki Theodoracopulos, The Spectator
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Midwinter Roundup
–Charles Moore writing in his miscellany column for The Spectator marks the upcoming 70th anniversary of the death of George VI: King George VI died in his sleep 70 years ago next week, after a day at Sandringham shooting hares … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Letters, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law, Vile Bodies
Tagged Guardian, Radio Spada, The Data Lounge, The Spectator, UT Permian Basin
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MLK Birthday Roundup
–In the Daily Telegraph, combining elements of the travel and gardening columns, Matt Collins describes a recent trip to the Atlantic island of Madeira: Upholding at least six of writer Paul Theroux’s 10 golden rules of travel, I went alone … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh Society, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Anne Messel, Daily Telegraph, New York Times, Penguin Modern Classics, The Spectator, The Times, TLS, Washington Post
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