There will be a prize of half a crown for the longest essay, irrespective of any possible merit.
Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall
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Tina Brown - the ex-queen of the newsstands - is back, this time on the Web.
Her new venture, Daily Beast, which sees itself as a must-read for hipsters in news, politics and pop culture, is set to debut today.
Says the Post.
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Here it is.
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The Beast stands for strong mutually antagonistic governments everywhere," he said. "Self-sufficiency at home, self-assertion abroad."
Evelyn Waugh, Scoop.
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"I have been here before," I said.
Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited.
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“If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.”
Evelyn Waugh, Vile Bodies
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Life in what the Reader's Digest calls These United States has become a Good News/Bad News joke, only minus the Good News. There must be something, other than O.J.'s impending immuration. Isn't Donald Trump's casino operation tanking? That would be good news. And Kim Jong-Il, Dear Leader—God I love that man—didn't he just have a stroke? But before we start clog-dancing for joy, this just in: North Korea is facing another record disastrous harvest. What's more, high level voices caution that Kim Jong-Il may be followed by someone even worse. Worsethan Kim Jong-Il? Is that even scientifically possible?
What Fresh Hell Is This? By Christopher Buckley in today's Daily Beast.
This is a good question.
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"You don't know how it killed me not to be up during the primaries," she said. "It may be a horrible economic time, but it's a wonderful journalistic time."
Tina Brown to the FT...
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And the Washington Post explains everything, with Tina Brown.
The name: It's an inside joke for the lit set familiar with Evelyn Waugh's Scoop. Do people get it? Brown: "Some people get it and some people don't but that was the whole point. I realized when I chose it, it was a little bit of an in joke to the few members of the literary circle who would remember that novel ..,. but at the same time, it also has a lot of vigor and energy to it, which is what I liked,"
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"I am sure it is not your fault & that you are being bothered by some boss in the United States. Take heart; he has forgotten about it already. I was once a journalist for seven weeks & I know about bosses. They are volatile creatures.
Evelyn Waugh letter to John Osborne of Life magazine, 1946.
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