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Tag Archives: The Sunday Times
Roundup: Censorship and Adaptation
–There has been a colloquy in the provincial British press about racist language in Evelyn Waugh’s 1932 novel Black Mischief. This was begun in an article or letter by Michael O’Neill of Penarth that was reproduced from the Western Mail. … Continue reading
General Election Roundup
Waugh is cited recently in news reports relating to the Conservative Party’s victory in last week’s general election: –In the Sunday Times, Andrew Gimson, author of the book Boris, The Making of a Prime Minister, writes of Johnson’s ability to … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic World Report, General Election, margarine, MENAFN.com, The Economist, The Sunday Times
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Columbus Day Roundup
–The Financial Times recently conducted an extensive interview of the new editor of the Daily Mail, Geordie Greig. Here’s the opening: There is one thing that a journalist can count on, said a character in Evelyn Waugh’s 1938 novel Scoop: … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Interviews, London, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged 1984, Daily Mail, Edith Sitwell, Financial Times, Radio Spada, The Sunday Times
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Cardinal Newman’s Canonization
Several papers carry stories commemorating Cardinal John Henry Newman on the occasion of his canonization. This will take place tomorrow in Rome. One story, from the religious website Aleteia, mentions the first Newman Center for university students at Oxford that … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Events, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Aleteia, Cardinal John Henry Newman, Fr F W Faber, The Sunday Times
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Dystopias and Novellas
Novelist Robert Harris has written an essay in The Sunday Times about and extract from his new novel The Second Sleep that will be published next week in the UK (19 November in the USA). The novel is written in … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe
Tagged flashdesigner.com.hk, Jerry House, Robert Harris, The Sunday Times
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New Study of Wartime Literary London Reviewed
The Sunday Times reviews the new book about Wartime and Postwar London by D J Taylor. This is entitled Lost Girls and will be issued in London early next month. A January 2020 publication date in the USA is planned. … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged D.J.Taylor, James Carey, The Sunday Times
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Roundup: Wavian Influences
–A long-neglected British artist named Frank Bowling is enjoying a renewal of interest in his work. This is led by a retrospective at the Tate Britain which opened on 31 May and continues through 26 August. Another smaller exhibit includes … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged American Conservative, Apollo Magazine, ArtNet News, Frank Bowling, John Betjeman, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Vampire Weekend, Washington Times
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Evelyn Waugh, Walter Gropius and Prof Otto Silenus
Fiona MacCarthy, biographer and art historian, has written a biography of architect Walter Gropius. At least two reviewers have noted his contribution to the character of Prof Otto Silenus in Waugh’s debut novel Decline and Fall. Novelist Philip Hensher, writing … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Biographies, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Bauhaus, Fiona MacCarthy, Guardian, John Carey, Philip Hensher, Spectator, The Sunday Times, Walter Gropius
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Another Gerhardie Revival
According to an article by novelist Jonathan Coe in The Sunday Times, another attempt to revive the works of William Gerhardie is underway. There seems to be an ongoing competition between Gerhardie and Henry Green for who can be the … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Hazel Lavery, Jonathan Coe, The Sunday Times, TLS, William Gerhardie
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Next Witness: Call Captain Grimes
Alex Renton recently wrote a book about pederasty in British prep schools and public schools called Stiff Upper Lip: Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class. He has now made a documentary about the same subject which aired … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs
Tagged Alex Renton, BBC, boarding schools, ITV, Sherborne, The Sunday Times
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