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BBC Repeats Panel on Decline and Fall
BBC Radio 4 is repeating the 2013 panel program on Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. This is part of the series entitled “In Our Time” hosted by Melvin Bragg: David Bradshaw, John Bowen and Ann Pasternak Slater join Melvyn … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Discussions, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, In Our Time
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The Loved One to Feature on BBC Radio 4
Waugh’s 1948 novella The Loved One will be one of the choices on the next edition of A Good Read on BBC Radio 4. This will be broadcast on Monday, 16 May at 1830 (repeated at 0030) and will be available worldwide … Continue reading
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Evelyn Waugh, Winston Churchill and Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson, ex-Mayor of London and gadfly without portfolio of the Conservative Party, has written a book about his hero Winston Churchill. Entitled The Churchill Factor, this was published to much acclaim in 2014 and was excerpted in the Daily Telegraph. … Continue reading
Posted in Discussions, Scoop, World War II
Tagged Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph, The Churchill Factor, Winston Churchill
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Waugh Ranks High on LGBT Authors List
An interactive internet site called Ranker has produced a list of what it calls the best homosexual authors (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) and invites viewers to vote on the rankings. It’s not clear to your correspondent how the ranking system … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Discussions
Tagged LGBT writers, Ranker
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Scoop and The 1938 Club
A group of book bloggers has banded together to discuss books published in 1938.These happen twice a year and a previous session was devoted to 1924. This internet discussion on 1938 books will take place beginning today and continue until … Continue reading
Free Thinking about Evelyn Waugh
BBC Radio 3 yesterday broadcast a panel discussion in its Free Thinking series about the life and works of Evelyn Waugh. As previously announced, the panel was moderated by Matthew Sweet and consisted of Alexander Waugh, the writer’s grandson, Adam … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Radio Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Theater
Tagged Adam Mars-Jones, Alexander Waugh, BBC Radio 3, Bryony Lavery, Free Thinking, Matthew Sweet, Philip Eade
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Waugh and Anthony Powell
On the occasion of their republication by the University of Chicago Press, two of Anthony Powell’s novels are reviewed on a website called The Millions. One of these (Venusberg) was originally published before and the other (Oh How the Wheel … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Discussions
Tagged Anthony Powell, Levi Stahl, O How the Wheel Becomes It, Venusberg
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V&A Reunites Brideshead
Last night at the Victoria & Albert Museum there was a panel discussion relating to the Granada TV 1980s  production of Brideshead Revisited.  The panel included actors Diana Quick (Julia Flyte) and Nicholas Grace (Anthony Blanche) as well as Derek … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Television
Tagged Derek Granger, Diana Quick, Giles Ramsay, Granada TV, Nickolas Grace, V&A Museum
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