Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited

Philip Sassoon, The Duke of Kent and the Sitwells

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh crops up in a number of articles about the upper class in the interwar period. In  Spear’s magazine, editor William Cash reviews a book by Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone and Hythe. This is a biography of Philip Sassoon entitled … Continue reading →

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Another Norwegian Article on Brideshead

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The recent new translation of Brideshead Revisited into Norwegian has engendered another article. See earlier posts. This appears in a Norwegian-language Roman Catholic  weblog and is written by Fr Oddvar Moi. The article contains a brief description of Waugh’s early life … Continue reading →

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Waugh on Desert Island Discs

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Reader David Lull has provided the results of a search for Evelyn Waugh on the BBC database for the entire run of its Desert Island Discs program. Waugh was never a castaway and, if ever asked, he would have surely declined. … Continue reading →

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Times Previews Episode 3 of Decline and Fall

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Times has provided a detailed preview of tonight’s final episode of the BBC’s adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. Not surprisingly, given the darker contents of the latter part of the novel, the preview by James Jackson finds … Continue reading →

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Media Buildup Begins for Decline and Fall Episode 2

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Anticipating the broadcast of the second episode of the BBC’s adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall, media publicity has begun to build up. The Daily Telegraph has provided a preview of that episode in its TV choice column: The … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh as a Tourist Destination

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh is mentioned in two recent articles in connection with places tourists might be likely to visit. The first is in an article in the Daily Telegraph’s travel column by Harry Mount. This relates to the centenary celebration of … Continue reading →

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Papers Praise BBC’s Decline and Fall

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian all make tonight’s first episode of the BBC’s adaptation of Decline and Fall recommended viewing. The notice in the Times’s “Viewing Guide” by James Jackson is the most detailed: Alongside that other academia satire, … Continue reading →

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Waugh in the Media

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A discussion of Waugh’s novel Scoop takes place in a recent episode of the Federalist Radio Hour. This involves an interview of Christopher Scalia by presenter Ben Domenech. Scalia begins by explaining, inter alia,  his background as an academic and nearly 8 years … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Scandinavia (More)

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A Swedish newspaper has printed a review of a new translation of A Handful of Dust into Swedish (En Handfull Stoft) published by Modernista. The article is by Crister Enander and appears in the Helsingfors Dagblad. After a brief summary of Waugh’s … Continue reading →

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Decline and Fall Previewed by Harry Mount and Saturday Review

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Journalist and critic Harry Mount has previewed the BBC adaptation of Decline and Fall in the Daily Mail (“Oh! What a Lovely Waugh!”): Here’s hoping the TV adaptation – written by James Wood (Rev) – brings more readers to Waugh’s … Continue reading →

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