David Lodge, the master of Anglo-American campus humor
For sheer entertainment value, it is the ‘campus trilogy’ of Changing Places, Small World and Nice Work that can hardly be bettered
Evelyn waugh
Monday
Tuesday
The wonder of cooking with coal
Cold grates on cold nights are grim. Warm bright ones lift the spirits, whatever tidings the day may have brought
Monday
Evelyn Waugh’s sincerest form of flattery
He had a major but unsung inspiration: the now-neglected novelist William Gerhardie
Wednesday
Searching for the American summer novel
It’s a time of nostalgia, of seeking that which is perpetually, unrecoverably lost
Thursday
Waugh in Hollywood
Seventy-five years ago, Evelyn Waugh headed to Hollywood to sell Brideshead Revisited
Monday
Why we should venerate Evelyn Waugh
Waugh was unquestionably among the greatest novelists of the 20th century
Saturday
Perry Mason was America’s Sherlock Holmes
Perry Mason personified the country that won World War Two and was enjoying well-deserved prosperity
Thursday
Hidin’ Biden’s basement convention
The former VP oscillates between alarming porousness and inexplicable hostility
Tuesday
Finding the Lost Girls
D.J. Taylor tracks down the proofreaders and heartbreakers who were the toast of Blitz-era London
Wednesday
Why do Americans and Brits write about alcohol so differently?
American drink writing tends to be self-flagellating: the recovering alcoholic’s remembrance of sins past
Monday
Novel advice for incoming STEM freshmen
Students interested in a career in investing and technology should read more fiction
Monday
Anthony Powell gets the superb new biography he deserves
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time by Hilary Spurling reviewed
