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Tag Archives: The Sunday Times
Early Autumn Roundup
—The Sunday Times carries a review by novelist and critic A N Wilson of the book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister by Charles Spencer. In the course of this, which is largely a defense of Spencer’s book, Wilson cites an … Continue reading
New Biography of Lady Pamela Berry
–A new biography of Waugh’s friend Pamela Berry has recently been announced. This is entitled Lady Pamela Berry: Passion, Politics and Power. It was reviewed in The Sunday Times by Max Hastings in an article entitled “The grand dame of … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Newspapers
Tagged Charles Moore, Lady Pamela Berry, Max Hastings, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times
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Roundup
–The New Statesman has an article by Josiah Gogarty entitled “Only snobbery can stop Elon Musk: Class prejudice is the last weapon against tech titans.” Waugh makes a contribution: …Then there’s the more squeamish side of elitism: class snobbery. This … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Internet, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Mechanics Institute, New Statesman, The Sunday Times, University Challenge
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Roundup
–Duncan McLaren sent over an interesting exchange relating to Waugh’s possible use of Peter Quennell as a model for characters in his novels. His an excerpt from the email that started it: Dear Mr McLaren, I am a reader of … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Film, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged National Catholic Reporter, OSV News, Patheos, Peter Quennell, The Sunday Times
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The Sunday Times Explains Piers Court Tenancy Issue
The Sunday Times has posted a Q&A format story in its “Hot Topics” column headed “Everything you need to know about sitting tenants: These occupants are a landlord’s nightmare — as the recent case of Evelyn Waugh’s mansion shows.” It … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Newspapers, Piers Court
Tagged The Sunday Times
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Roundup: Piers Court Auction (yet more)
–The national quality press has finally picked up the story of the upcoming auction of Piers Court. The Guardian has posted an article by Rupert Neate which explains how the sale came about: The house was last sold for £2.9m … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Piers Court
Tagged Forward, Guardian, McFarland Books, The Sunday Times
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Fall Equinox Roundup
—The Sunday Times contributes another assessment of the literary achievements of Queen Elizabeth II’s years. This is entitled “The books that defined the Queen’s reign.” It is written by Dominic Sandbrook, who begins with a consideration of T S Eliot’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop, Television Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged BBC, Dominic Sandbrook, Literary Review of Canada, The Atlantic Monthly, The Critic, The Sunday Times, University Challenge
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Summer Dog Days Roundup
–Writer Antonia Fraser is interviewed in a recent Daily Telegraph article. This is on the occasion of her 90th birthday this month. The interview is by her cousin and bridge partner Harry Mount (also editor of The Oldie). When he … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, London, Newspapers
Tagged Antonia Fraser, Daily Telegraph, House and Garden, postcodes, Salman Rushdie, The American Conservative, The Sunday Times
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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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