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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Roundup: Scoop Abides
–A religious journal in Australia has posted an article marking the 60th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death. This is by Michael Cook in The Catholic Weekly. Here’s an excerpt: …Waugh’s novels of the 20s and 30s portrayed the lives of … Continue reading
Tax Day (U.S.) Roundup
–The Daily Telegraph has posted an article by Juliette Bretan entitled “To understand the world today, read books from 100 years ago.” The examples she offers are several books by Evelyn Waugh. Here are the introductory paragraphs: Just prior to … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Lectures, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, The Catholic Thing
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60th Anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s Death: 10 April 1966
Several papers have posted remembrances of the anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death 60 years ago on 10 April 1966. Here are excerpts from the best two. –The one by Alexander Larman appeared in the Daily Telegraph and was reposted in … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Helena, Newspapers, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, The Oldie, The Spectator
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Easter Roundup
–Jack Trotter has posted an essay on Waugh’s work in Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. This is entitled “Remembering Evelyn Waugh: Satirist and Defender of Moral Order.” It opens with this: Evelyn Waugh was the 20th century’s finest satirist … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Chronicles, Financial Times, Modern Age, Muriel Spark, The Times
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Palm Sunday Roundup
–The BBC has added several Waugh-related programs. Most notably, the BBC Four TV channel will air a TV rebroadcast of two programs on 9 April. These include the theatrical film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, first broadcast on BBC in 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Film, Interviews, Newspapers, Television, Theater, Vile Bodies
Tagged Amsterdam News, BBC, Hay Festival, The Observer
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Late March Roundup
–The religious/political website First Things has reposted its 1993 review of Martin Stannard’s two-volume biography of Evelyn Waugh. This is by George Weigel who opens the review with this: Many great novelists have had intricate, even prickly, personalities. But in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Biographies, Interviews
Tagged First Things, FlashBak.com
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St Patrick’s Day Roundup
–The Sydney Morning Herald has an article about the “co-authored novel”. This is written by Drew Turney and opens with this: Evelyn Waugh is credited with saying “I never can understand how two men can write a book together. To … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Sydney Morning Herald, The American Conservative, The Spectator
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Early March Roundup
–An exhibit in London which may be of interest is mentioned in the papers. This is Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture. Here are the details: 300 years after his death, a major new exhibition exploring one of the UK’s greatest … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Exhibits, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Adrian Aldridge, Medium, The Spectator, The Times, Vanbrugh
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Daily Telegraph Reviews BBC Waugh Series
The Daily Telegraph has posted a review of Russell Kane’s series of programs about Evelyn Waugh and his works. (See earlier posts.) This is by Jane Shilling, but it is not clear whether she has seen the entire series. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Lectures, Newspapers, Radio, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Russell Kane
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BBC Announces Another Waugh Rerun
In addition to the several Waugh-related programs about to be broadcast by the BBC (as discussed in previous post), they have recently announced another one. This is the rebroadcast of a 90-minute radio adaptation of Vile Bodies. This was originally … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Radio, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC Radio 4 Extra
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