Evelyn Waugh

                   

Revisiting Brideshead

ncregister.com     yesterday          

“How does anybody maintain health of mind outside the Church?” asked the famed British author Evelyn Waugh, in the afterglow of his conversion to Catholicism. Its plot turns on a love triangle — Charles Ryder, the narrator,...                    

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'Black & White' jumps off the page

usatoday.com     yesterday          

By James Endrst, Special for USA TODAY There's an abundance of gallows humor in John Darnton's new novel, Black & White and Dead All Over, that is appropriate for a murder mystery set in the modern-day killing fields of print...                    

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Paul Theroux: Invisible Man on a Ghost Train

worldhum.com     yesterday   2 related          

Few travel writers evoke such strong reactions as Paul Theroux. Regardless, few would argue that his first travel book, The Great Railway Bazaar, published in 1975, gave travel writing a much-needed shot in the arm—and many...                    

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Two writers with nothing in common are soul mates?

monstersandcritics.com     Aug 18, 2008          

By Jessica Schneider Aug 18, 2008, 12:33 GMT There are currently no comments for this article. The Same Man: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh in Love and War One climbed to the very top of the social ladder, the other chose to...                    

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Britain Elite Hates Fat People

neveryetmelted.com     Aug 18, 2008          

Jenny McCarthy posts dispatches from Britain’s class warfare front. The old-fashioned stereotype of a Tory used to be someone “very fat, very lazy, and very clever,” someone rather like Evelyn Waugh. But embonpoint today is...                    

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REEL 2 REAL: Brideshead Revisited

thedailyaztec.com     Aug 18, 2008          

When films have one actor that completely blows everyone else out of the water, and it just so happens that the actor is playing a supporting character, producers have a huge problem. Emma Thompson effortlessly steals the show...                    

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Economics Lesson: The value of cash

improb.com     Aug 17, 2008          

The economist John Kenneth Galbraith was fond of observing that, although people enjoy it when their plumbers, politicians, and other professionals make jokes, “no one wants a funny banker.” He expressed this more formally in...                    

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a little bit of David Tennant: ‘Bright Young Things’

flickfilosopher.com     Aug 17, 2008          

Oh man, do I love this movie. It’s so good, and so chock full of a slew of bright young British actors -- Michael Sheen, Emily Mortimer, Stephen Campbell Moore, Fenella Woolgar, James McAvoy -- that I always forget that David...                    

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Meme: Books

spacedoutlooney.livejournal.com     Aug 17, 2008          

This meme has issues, but hey, it’s a book list meme, and I’m all about those.The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.2)...                    

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Impression of my sister is not really correct one

independent.ie     Aug 17, 2008          

It's easy for a posh bird with a castle and loads of cash to criticise, right? You be the judge then, says Antonia Leslie By Antonia Leslie Sunday August 17 2008 I'm glued to Failte Towers because my sister Sammy is one of the...                    

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