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Monthly Archives: March 2017
BBC Decline and Fall Homepage Reveals New Treat
The BBC has posted its homepage for its adaptation of Waugh’s Decline and Fall that will begin later this month. This will provide a link to the program for those watching it over the internet on BBC iPlayer. The posting contains … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Nicholas Grace, Tim Piggott-Smith
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Maud Russell Diaries in Telegraph
Excerpts from the wartime diaries of Maud Russell have been published in the Daily Telegraph. In a previous post it was explained how she commissioned Rex Whistler to paint murals in her country house at Mottisfont in Hampshire where there is … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Diaries, First Editions, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Ian Fleming, Maud Russell
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New Norwegian Translation of Brideshead
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has published a review of a new Norwegian translation of Brideshead Revisited (“Gjensyn sed Brideshead“). The translation is by Johanne Fronth-Nygren and is based on Waugh’s 1959 revision of the text. The book is published by Gyldendal. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Aftenposten, Johanne Fronth-Nygren, Translations (Norwegian).
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Penguin UK Issue TV Tie-in Edition of Decline and Fall
Penguin Books have announced the publication of a TV tie-in edition of Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. This will be issued later this week on 23 March 2017. Aside from a cover photo of Jack Whitehall looking rather clueless in … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Items for Sale, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Television
Tagged Chapman and Hall, Penguin Books, TV Tie-in Edition
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WWII Yugoslavia Revisited
A new collection of articles about the Balkans by Irish writer Hubert Butler has been published in Ireland. This is entitled Balkan Essays, and at its center is a group of essays collected as the “Yugoslavia Suite”. The book is … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Hubert Butler, Irish Times, Sinn Fein, Ustase, Yugoslavia
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Daily Mail Features Decline and Fall Adaptation
This week’s Daily Mail carries a feature article (“Love and Waugh”) by Andrew Preston on the BBC adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. This appears in the Mail’s “Weekend Magazine” and involves interviews with several members of the production’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Alexander Waugh, Decline and Fall, Interviews, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Mail, Evgeny Lebedev, George Osborne, Jack Whitehall, James Wood, The Evening Standard
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Details and Booking for Waugh Conference Now Online
The Huntington Library has posted online the detailed schedule for the Evelyn Waugh Conference to take place on 5-6 (Fr-Sa) May 2017 at the Huntington. See previous post. Here’s the link: http://www.huntington.org/evelynwaugh/ There is a further link on the website to … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh
Tagged Huntington Library
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Waugh and the Sri Lankan Cubist
The Deccan Chronicle, an English-language paper based in Hyderabad, has published an article about a 20th century Sri Lankan artist little known in the West. This is George Keyt (1901-1993) who is described as a cubist, influenced by the works … Continue reading
Date Set for BBC Broadcast of Decline and Fall
Radio Times has announced the time and date for the broadcast of BBC’s adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. Episode 1 will be transmitted on Friday 31 March at 9pm UK time. This will be on BBC1 rather than BBC2 … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Radio Times, TV broadcast details
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Vile Bodies to be Featured on BBC Radio 4
Next week’s edition of A Good Read on BBC Radio 4 will host Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken. They are identical twins and both medical doctors who have appeared in such UK TV series as Trust Me, I’m a Doctor on … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Discussions, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Vile Bodies
Tagged A Good Read, BBC Radio 4, Chris and Xand van Tulleken, Plymouth (UK) Herald, William Telford
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