At last, an author who grasps how strange and sophisticated the continent really is
Topic: Evelyn Waugh
Tanzania’s vanishing Greek community is a parable of the failures of modern Africa
Posted on Friday, 31 August 2012
Evelyn Waugh did not love the splendour of a high Mass but rather a priest’s humble absorption in a low Mass
Posted on Friday, 16 December 2011
I like to think he would have approved of Mass in the Ordinary Form, too, now that we have an accurate translation
Novel writing and religion tend not to go together well
Posted on Friday, 18 November 2011
Believers ought not to be self-obsessed, but novels are about self-obsession
Morning Catholic must-reads: 04/11/11
Posted on Friday, 4 November 2011
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Why Bron went to war with Downside
Posted on Monday, 4 July 2011
Auberon Waugh loathed the school and was beaten regularly by its headmaster. He took revenge through journalism
Are Catholic intellectuals losing touch with the mainstream?
Posted on Monday, 9 May 2011
If so, this is bad news for the Church







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