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Category Archives: Decline and Fall
Actor Peter Davison Names Waugh Novel Among Favorites
In the Daily Express, British actor Peter Davison lists Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall among his favorite books: It is the book that got me into reading. I didn’t really read at school but once I became an actor and … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Exoress, Peter Davison
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Waugh for the Holidays (More)
The latest issue of the New Yorker magazine has included Philip Eade’s biography in its “Briefly Noted” column: This crowded, witty biography follows Waugh from the ancestral home in Somerset (“The only bathroom featured a stuffed monkey that had, improbably, … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Edward St. Aubyn, Guardian, New Yorker, Paul Ham, Sarah Waters, Sydney Morning Herald
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Philip Eade Interviewed by National Review
An audio interview of Waugh’s biographer Philip Eade by National Review’s John J. Miller has been posted on the internet in Miller’s “Bookmonger” series. This may be found on the website Riccochet. It lasts about 10 minutes and begins with Miller asking … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged John J Miller, National Review, Philip Eade, Riccochet, William F Buckley Jr
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Weekly Standard Remembers Waugh
The latest issue of Weekly Standard carries an article memorializing Waugh in this 50th anniversary year of his death. This is by Algis Valiunas who is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. The essay begins with the familiar characterization … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Scoop, Sword of Honour, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
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British Council Promotes Waugh in Diversity Week
The British Council in India is celebrating diversity week and is promoting the works of British writers from the LGBT community who it deems to represent diverse views. Evelyn Waugh is the first writer mentioned: Waugh explored his homosexuality both … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobooks, Decline and Fall, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged British Council, Diversity Week, LGBT Community
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Waugh Books Feature in Best of Year Listings
UK newspapers have begun listing their best of the year selections, and books about Waugh feature in several of them. Philip Eade’s biography was named in numerous papers. The Financial Times included the book in its selections of best literary non-fiction: … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Ann Pasternak Slater, Douglas Patey, Financial Times, Guardian, Philip Eade, Sunday Times
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Scoop Rebroadcast on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 Extra earlier this week rebroadcast a two-hour adaptation of Waugh’s 1938 novel Scoop. This was written by Jeremy Front who has also adapted for radio Decline and Fall (2016), Sword of Honour (2013) and Brideshead Revisited (2003). The Scoop dramatization was first … Continue reading
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Grammarian Names Waugh Favorite Writer
British writer and grammarian Lynne Truss has named Evelyn Waugh her favorite writer. This is in an interview in today’s “One Minute With…” column in the i Newspaper, as reposted on PressReader. Truss is probably best known for her 2003 book Eats, Shoots … Continue reading
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Tagged i (newspaper), Lynne Truss, Michael Maloney
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Waugh’s Books Ranked in Fashion Magazine Lists
Stylist magazine is a weekly print publication with free distribution within the UK. It has a books column which specializes in listing books in categories thought to be of interest to or likely to amuse its audience of young women. A recent … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Stylist magazine
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Penguin UK Publish New Brideshead Hardback
Penguin UK is selling a new hardback edition of Brideshead Revisited that was published last week. This is in their Penguin Classics series but has a dust wrapper that differs from the uniform hardback Penguin Classics edition of Waugh’s books … Continue reading
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