Alexander Nazaryan is a writer living in Brooklyn. In only a few years, a child will ask a parent about newspapers: What was their purpose? What did people do with them, and why? The parent, a little ...

For those of us who practice it, journalism can be a comfortable perch for lambasting everyone else. But in 1938, British novelist and occasional newspaperman Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) turned the ...

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On the 60th anniversary of his death, Russell Kane delves into seven of Evelyn Waugh’s most important works. In episode 5, Scoop (1938) – a book about the media. Show more Many people hold Evelyn ...