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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Waugh Cited in Arsenal Manager Crisis
The ongoing crisis in the status of Arsene Wenger as manager of the Arsenal FC has resulted in a quote from Waugh in the Guardian. This appears in a posting of Marina Hyde on the Guardian’s Sportblog considering this long pending matter: … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Newspapers
Tagged Abdication, Arsene Wenger, Guardian, Marina Hyde
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Washington Post Recommends Scoop
In a feature length op-ed article in the Washington Post (“Dystopian Fiction is Big Now”), Christopher Scalia makes Waugh’s Scoop recommended reading. He begins by describing the unexpected (and probably unintended) result of Donald Trump’s election as having made reading … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Christopher Scalia, Washington Post
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BBC Media Pack for Decline and Fall Available Online
The BBC’s Media Pack for its production of Decline and Fall is available online. This includes Q&A’s for the major characters and short introductions and photos for the others. There are also Q&A’s for the writer (James Wood) and the director … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Television
Tagged BBC Media Pack, DVD, James Wood
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Tabloid Feeding Frenzy on Waugh Adaptation
After the announcement of its debut later this month, the London tabloids are making a media meal of the BBC’s production of Decline and Fall and its stars–mostly the latter. There are stories in the Sun, Mirror, Express and Star, with … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television
Tagged BBC, David Suchet, iNews, Jack Whitehall, The Sun
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Bodleian Acquires Ducker Archives
Oxford’s Bodleian Library has announced the acquisition of the ledger books of the bespoke shoemakers Ducker and Son located for many years on The Turl. See earlier post. The acquisition was made at auction with the the financial support of … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Collections, Complete Works, Events, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Bodleian Library, Ducker & Son, Financial Times
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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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