Does anyone know if Waugh ever wrote reviews or essays on George Meredith, Anthony Trollope or Thomas Love Peacock? Quite a few of their books are held in the...
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Antony F. P. Vickery
afpdv
Feb 16, 2007 8:04 pm
A one-hour radio adaptation of "The Loved One" will be broadcast on Radio 4 in the UK tomorrow, Saturday 17th February, 2:30-3:30 p.m. The Radio 4 e-mail...
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therainbow.star
Feb 17, 2007 5:18 pm
Hullo All, Does anyone have any idea why Evelyn Waugh disliked Winston Churchill so much? I have read many of his anti-Churchill comments and I was quite...
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John H. Wilson
johnhwilsonjr
Feb 18, 2007 10:08 pm
... Not to be a bore, but I published an essay on Waugh and Churchill in the recent collection _Waugh without End: New Trends in Evelyn Waugh Studies_ (Peter...
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Jeffrey Manley
jeffreymanle...
Mar 2, 2007 3:19 pm
In this week's Spectator Alam Massie has an article (see link but act quickly as it will last only one week) about novels written in the first person singular....
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finziholst
Mar 2, 2007 4:21 pm
Dear EW listers- The Telegraph published its poll of top 100 books. Waugh makes one appearance at number twenty-six. ...
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Larissa
larisabee
Mar 21, 2007 3:16 am
This is a new yahoogroup, dedicated to Harold Acton and other aesthetes: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tonyblanche/ Revue_Blanche...
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John H. Wilson
johnhwilsonjr
Apr 1, 2007 8:47 pm
You can now register for the Evelyn Waugh Conference at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin, 21-24 May 2008. The...
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jlawest
Apr 3, 2007 6:35 pm
I've been reading alot of P.G. Wodehouse lately, at first because of Waugh's glowing appraisal of him, and now just for its own sake. I have been very struck...
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Jeffrey Manley
jeffreymanle...
Apr 17, 2007 7:29 pm
The BBC will next week begin a four part broadcast of The Diary of a Nobody, considered by Evelyn Waugh to be the "funniest book in the world." EAR 85 (from a...
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Michael Hexum
hexermich
May 10, 2007 2:13 pm
Hi, I just joined the group and was wondering what aspect of Waugh's work were we exploring? ... Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green...
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jlawest
May 10, 2007 10:41 pm
... work were we exploring? Hi, I've been on the list for a couple of months. It seems to be mostly the occassional question with a few replies, along with ...
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Michael Hexum
hexermich
May 11, 2007 10:28 pm
I have always been curious as to Wuagh's use of Catholic 'authorities' is Brideshead and also in The Sword of Honour. Faith seems to affect different people in...
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Jeffrey Manley
jeffreymanle...
May 15, 2007 5:32 pm
The Times newspaper's online edition is running a series of videos by Clive James based on his recent book Cultural Amnesia. This week's 15 minute production...
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Jeffrey Manley
jeffreymanle...
May 16, 2007 10:14 pm
... The link I posted doesn't seem to work so just google Timesonline and click Arts and Entertainment from the menu, then click Books and you'll see a box ...
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Antony F. P. Vickery
afpdv
May 18, 2007 7:57 pm
The BBC Radio 4 audio interview website currently features approximately 17 minutes of extracts from an EW interview by John Freeman on June 18, 1960. The...
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BDR
finziholst
May 19, 2007 5:53 pm
... ways. Bridey becomes insufferable because of his faith and Lord Marchmain and Sebastian seem positively cursed. Julia seems unable to find happiness due to...
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Jeffrey Manley
jeffreymanle...
May 24, 2007 11:31 pm
Here's the conclusion to a review in this week's New Statesman of a book by David Kynaston entitled Austerity Britain 1945-51: A couple of months before the...
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Jeffrey Manley
jeffreymanle...
Jun 3, 2007 5:26 pm
Here's a link to the review by Christopher Hitchens of Alexander Waugh's book Fathers and Sons in today's New York Times. The book itself is now published in...
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BDR
finziholst
Jun 3, 2007 6:07 pm
... published in a US edition and is well woth reading. Dear All- I second Jeff's position. It is an excellent book and at times laugh-out-loud funny. Below is...
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Antony F. P. Vickery
afpdv
Jun 4, 2007 1:14 pm
Next year's Evelyn Waugh Conference is to held at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, 21-24 May 2008. The June 4...
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John H. Wilson
johnhwilsonjr
Jun 13, 2007 9:17 pm
Jeff Manley writes: In today's NY Times (June 13, 2007) there is a story about Tony Blair's parting shot at British journalists in which he refers to them as...
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John H. Wilson
johnhwilsonjr
Jun 14, 2007 12:16 am
... Blair's ... profession ... Here's the link to the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/world/europe/13britain.html?_r=l&oref=\ slogin ...
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Dave and Jean Matheny
davematheny3000
Jun 14, 2007 12:18 am
I think it is generally true that in the US journalists are given more slack (or at least accord themselves more importance) than their confreres in Britain...
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Jeffrey Manley
jeffreymanle...
Jun 19, 2007 2:13 pm
The NYTimes runs another review of Alexander Waugh's book in today's edition. This is by one of their regular book reviewers, Michiko Kakutani. It is a...
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John H. Wilson
johnhwilsonjr
Jun 19, 2007 10:35 pm
... today's edition. I think the reviewer makes a wee mistake in saying that Arthur Waugh's favoritism led him to send Alec 'to a posh boarding school while...
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Antony F. P. Vickery
afpdv
Aug 1, 2007 3:02 am
A recent discovery: Mark Gerson describes his 1959 and 1963 visits to Combe Florey to photograph Evelyn Waugh. "He opened a bottle of claret and puffed at a ...
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Antony F. P. Vickery
afpdv
Aug 3, 2007 4:41 pm
Frances Donaldson's "Evelyn Waugh: Portrait of a Country Neighbour" (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985): contains the following passage (p. 50): When Jack...
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John H. Wilson
johnhwilsonjr
Aug 3, 2007 8:31 pm
I think the article in question is E. R. F. Sheehan, "Weekend with Waugh," Cornhill (Summer 1960): 209-25. It doesn't seem to be available online. I'm away...
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Liam Quinlan
bronxliam
Aug 3, 2007 9:35 pm
According to the FictionMags Index it is: The Cornhill Magazine [No. 1024, Summer 1960] ed. Anon. (John Murray); Details taken from photocopy of Table of...
