April 2012
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“How did Saint Sebastian die?
Arrows pierced his throat and thigh
which only...”
– San Sebastiano de [sic] Sodoma, Tennessee Williams (via fuckyeahstsebastian)
the-insouciance-of-grand-dukes:
I wish I was a character in an Evelyn Waugh novel.
Sometimes I think I am. :)
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Prayer to St. Sebastian
thatchardkid:
Dear Commander at the Roman Emperor's court,
you chose to be also a soldier of Christ
and dared to spread faith in the King of Kings,
for which you were condemned to die.
Your body, however, proved athletically strong
and the executing arrows extremely weak.
So another means to kill you was chosen
and you gave your life to the Lord.
May athletes be always as strong in their...
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“Mr. Evelyn Waugh is a highly gifted and imaginative writer, but I must confess...”
– J.D. Beresford, for the Manchester Gardian. June, 1 1945 (via alis-in-space)
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spindleshanking asked: Amg, I love Brideshead Revisted. I didn't realize I needed more of it on my dash until now. Thank you for following! :D
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the ragbag: evelyn waugh's last blog entry →
dated easter 1965 (aged 62)
On Maundy Thursday appeared a notice in the paper under the heading ‘Death of former unionist MP’. I did not recognize this as Phil Dunne until Christopher Sykes told me on Saturday. He was my age. I last saw him just before Christmas, elegant, gay, and I thought how…
Happy Easter
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“Hemingway and Evelyn Waugh were never for a moment convincing as big-game hunter...”
– J. G. Ballard, ‘Hitman for the Apocalypse’ (1991)
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If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I...
wallyflower:
Throwing all my hate at the Brideshead Revisited movie. I should stop trolling the BR tag. To turn Evelyn Waugh’s beautiful prose into something that a drunk teenager could have written. It just pisses me off. YOU COULDN’T EVEN SAVE THE NARRATIVE, arses.
:)
