Category Archives: Decline and Fall

Black Sheets as Metaphor

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Straits Times has a story by its correspondent Corrie Tan about the teachers who introduced her to literature. One of them is Mr H who came to Singapore from England and taught her in Junior College. She meets him at a … Continue reading →

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Writer Follows Waugh’s Career Advice

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Lisa Hilton, who has just just written a new novel, is interviewed in today’s Belfast Telegraph. The book is entitled Maestra and is described an erotic thriller:  It tells the story of Judith, a working-class young beauty trying to make a … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh and Film

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In advance of his appearance at next week’s From Page to Screen festival in Bridport, Dorset (see previous post), Alexander Waugh was interviewed by Ines Cavill regarding his grandfather’s attitude to film. The article by Cavill based on the interview is posted below … Continue reading →

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Waugh Cited in Architectural Satire Article

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall (1928) has been cited in an article on architectural satire. This appears in the online edition of the magazine Building Design. The classic British book in this style, according to the article, is H.B. Cresswell’s … Continue reading →

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Waugh Novel Adapted for New BBC2 TV Series

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

To mark the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death, the BBC has announced the production of a new three-part TV adaptation of his first novel Decline and Fall. The series will be adapted by James Wood who also wrote the … Continue reading →

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Alexei Sayle Names Sword of Honour

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Comedian and author Alexei Sayle names Waugh’s Sword of Honour as the book that has been most important to him. The selection appears in yesterday’s Glasgow Herald:  Name: Alexei Sayle Latest Book: Thatcher Stole My Trousers A Book That Made Me: … Continue reading →

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Waugh Gender Misperception as Good Career Move

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Independent has published a report from its correspondent at the Bath Lterature Festival, Katy Guest. When learning of Time’s recent mistake re Waugh’s gender, Guest wondered if the perception of Waugh as a female writer might be a good career move.  Women … Continue reading →

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Arcadian Doubts

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of the magazine of Oriel College, Oxford (The Poor Print) has an article that opens with a passage from Waugh’s first novel, Decline and Fall: ‘You see, it wasn’t the ordinary sort of Doubt about Cain’s wife … Continue reading →

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Comedian Ben Miller Names Waugh Among Favorites

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The online edition of the Daily Mail carries an interview by Gwendolyn Smith of British comedian Ben Miller for the paper’s Event Magazine. Miller recently appeared in the BBC TV series Death in Paradise and has previously been seen in the … Continue reading →

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Debut Comic Novel Likened to Waugh

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The American Conservative magazine carries a review by Chris R. Morgan in its digital edition of a first novel that he compares favorably with Evelyn Waugh’s own debut: In the annals of comic writing, fewer debuts are seemingly as auspicious as … Continue reading →

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