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Category Archives: Documentaries
Waugh Among the Bohemians
The BBC is currently running a cultural documentary entitled How to be a Bohemian. It is presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell and is broadcast on Monday nights over the BBC4 channel. The first episode traced the history of artistic “bohemians” from … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Documentaries, Film, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC, How to be a Bohemian, Stephan Tennant, Stephen Fry, Victoria Coren Mitchell
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Memoir of EWS’s Honorary President Published
David Lodge, the Society’s Honorary President, has written the first volume of his memoirs. This was published in the UK this week under the title Quite a Good Time to Be Born: A Memoir, 1935-1975. An international edition is promised … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, A Tourist in Africa, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Documentaries, Evelyn Waugh Society, Festivals, Miscellaneous, Oxford, Robbery Under Law, Television Programs
Tagged D.J.Taylor, David Lodge, Financial Times, Guardian, Nicholas Shakespeare, Sunday Telegraph
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Waugh Cameo in BBC Series on Tatler Magazine
BBC has started a series of three programs on Tatler magazine: Posh People: Inside Tatler. In the first episode (Monday, 24 November) Matthew Bell, newly appointed Commissioning Editor, is among those interviewed. He was formerly the society diarist for the Independent … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Documentaries, Miscellaneous, Oxford, Television Programs
Tagged BBC 2, Bullingdon Club, Hertford College, Matthew Bell, Tatler Magazine
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D. J. Taylor Explores Literary Reputations
In today’s Guardian (May 10, 2014), critic and novelist D.J. Taylor discusses the survival of literary reputations: Literary Hero to Zero. Later in the day, he presented a broadcast on BBC Radio 4 entitled Pulped Fiction, containing interviews, archival recordings … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Documentaries, Evelyn Waugh Society, Festivals, Interviews, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, D.J.Taylor, David Lodge, Guardian, Literary Reputations
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The Culture Show: Writers in the Blitz
A recent episode of the BBC’s series The Culture Show (November 6, 2013), entitled Wars of the Heart, dealt with the experience of several writers during the Blitz. The presenter was James Runcie. The focus was on Graham Greene and … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Documentaries, London, Sightings, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, Graham Greene, Henry Yorke, James Runcie, Lara Feigel, The Culture Show, The Love-Charm of Bombs, Wars of the Heart
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BBC television documentary on the Commandos in WWII
EWS member Jeffrey Manley brings to our attention Castle Commando, a fascinating new BBC documentary about British Commandos in World War II and their specialized training. Mr. Manley writes: [The program] features prominently both Waugh and his nemesis Lord Lovat. … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, Commandos, Jeffrey Manley
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