Category Archives: Decline and Fall

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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Echoes of Waugh in New Morse Prequel Series

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

ITV in the U.K. is running the third series of its Morse prequel which is concluding this week. This is entitled Endeavour and is based on Morse’s early career in the Oxford police force in the 1960s. There seems to be … Continue reading →

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Waugh Anniversary Events Announced

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The University of Leicester has announced the details of the first in what will be of a series of events to mark the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death in 1966. These include a monthly book group session starting on Monday 18 January. This will … Continue reading →

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Floreat Bullingdon

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Beast has published an article by Nick Mutch reviewing the history of Oxford’s Bullingdon Club. The private and secretive club has been much in the news lately because of the membership of three leading Conservative Party politicians: David … Continue reading →

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The Death of the Gentleman and Brideshead Unvisited

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of  the St. Austin Review entitled “Evelyn Waugh Revisited” has now been published. See earlier post. An online announcement includes a full table of contents as well as the complete copy of an article by Frank Brownlow entitled “Waugh … Continue reading →

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