- Drag Amazon+EWS to your favorites bar for all your Amazon needs and support the Evelyn Waugh Society at no extra cost to yourself.
Tag Archives: TLS
Spring Equinox Roundup
–A new book about Evelyn Waugh’s friend Randolph Churchill has been published. This is entitled Churchill and Son and is written by Josh Ireland. It apparently deals mainly with Randolph’s rocky relationship with his father but may touch on his … Continue reading
Late Winter Roundup
–The Daily Mail has posted some excerpts from the new and unexpurgated edition of the diaries of Chips Channon. Two of these new entries involve comments of Channon about Evelyn Waugh: Evelyn Waugh – Sunday, December 16, 1934 Lunch was … Continue reading
Waugh and Two Noteworthy 1950s Americans
Recent stories feature Waugh’s attitude toward two Americans who rose to popular fame during the 1950s (and in one case descended into infamy). Waugh’s position on each of them is not what one would have expected. The first is described … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged CrimeReads.com, Erle Stanley Gardner, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Joseph McCarthy, The Spectator, TLS, William F Buckley Jr
Comments Off on Waugh and Two Noteworthy 1950s Americans
Post-Thanksgiving Roundup
–Stig Abell, former editor of the TLS, has written a book entitled Things I Learned on the 6:28 in which he writes about books he has read while commuting. The Times has posted a selection of the comic novels he … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged ECADF, Ethiopia, Irish Echo, John Connolly, The Times, TLS
Comments Off on Post-Thanksgiving Roundup
New Biography by Selina Hastings
The latest issue of TLS has a preview from the new biography by Selina Hastings. In this, she writes of the life and works of novelist Sybille Bedford. Hastings explains in the excerpt that Bedford was raised in Germany in … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Newspapers
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Laura Freeman, Nancy Mitford, Selina Hastings, Sybille Bedford, The Times, TLS
Comments Off on New Biography by Selina Hastings
War Trilogy: Fake Novels and an Anniversary
In the latest issue of TLS, D J Taylor has written an essay on what he calls “Made-up Stories” or fake novels. What reminded him of the genre (if that’s what it is) was his recent re-reading of Anthony Powell’s … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, Work Suspended, World War II
Tagged Brenthursst Foundation, D.J.Taylor, Daily Maverick, TLS
Comments Off on War Trilogy: Fake Novels and an Anniversary
Another Look at Brideshead (More)
This editorial message appeared in a recent TLS. It relates to the subject of Eleanor’s Doughty’s article in The Critic that was discussed in a previous post. Here is the opening section from the TLS: Edith Wharton was buried in … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Middlebury College, The Critic, TLS
Comments Off on Another Look at Brideshead (More)
Summer Solstice Roundup
–Peter Quennell may be having a revival. Duncan McLaren (see previous post) has now been joined by A N Wilson in recounting his career. Wilson in a memoir posted by The Oldie discusses several first hand meetings he had with … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers, Rossetti: His Life and Works
Tagged A N Wilson, The Critic, The Hollywood Reporter, The Independent (Ireland), The Oldie, TLS
Comments Off on Summer Solstice Roundup
Pre-Easter Roundup
–Roger Lewis has posted another reading list for the current epidemic. This is in the Daily Mail and is entitled “Keep laughing and read on.” Waugh’s 1938 novel Scoop is among those recommended: William Boot, who contributes nature columns on … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Australian Financial News, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Guardian, L'Officiel, Ralph Lauren, Southern Utah University, TLS
Comments Off on Pre-Easter Roundup
Roundup: Satire in a Divisive Age
—The Times last week carried an opinion article by James Marriott in which he welcomed the announcement that the political satire TV series Spitting Image will return to the screen. But he wonders whether, in the current age of divisive … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Gentleman's Journal, Hannah Rothschild, RTV Slovenija, Satire, The Lady, The Times, TLS, Town & Country, Will Self
Comments Off on Roundup: Satire in a Divisive Age
