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Category Archives: Fiction
Mugwump Redivivus
In the present UK electoral climate, The Spectator has republished a 1959 article by Evelyn Waugh in which he expressed his views of elected governments: ‘Mugwumps‘ are in the news today, after Boris Johnson used the term to describe Jeremy Corbyn. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Alex Renton, boarding schools, Boris Johnson, elections, Lara Prendergast, mugwumps, The Spectator
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BBC to Rebroadcast Pinfold-Producing Interview
The BBC radio interview which contributed to Evelyn Waugh’s hallucinatory episodes described in The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold will be rebroadcast later this week. This episode of the Frankly Speaking series will be carried on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Saturday, 29 April 2017 … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Radio Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged BBC, Frankly Speaking, Martin Stannard
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Philip Sassoon, The Duke of Kent and the Sitwells
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
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Christina Beevers, Damian Collins, Duke of Kent, John McLeod, Renishaw Hall, Scottish Daily Mail, Sheffield Star, Spear's magazine, William Cash
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Complete Works of Waugh Available in USA
Amazon.com is offering for sale in the USA the first five volumes in the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh to be published by Oxford University Press. The dates of publication and US dollar prices are set forth below. For more details … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Complete Works, Diaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Letters, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged Amazon.com, Oxford University Press
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OUP Announces Dates for First Complete Works Volumes
The Oxford University Press on its website has announced the publication of the first volumes in the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project. There are five books in this initial batch which will begin to appear on 7 September 2017 with Rossetti: … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Academia, Complete Works, Diaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Letters, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Vile Bodies
Tagged Complete Works of Waugh publication dates, Oxford University Press
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Milk in First (More)
Two papers today have independently quoted Evelyn Waugh on the issue of when to add milk to one’s tea. In the Liverpool Echo there is a feature article on the subject that opens with the claim that “Liverpool is the … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged A N Wilson, Daily Express, landline telephone, Liverpool Echo, milk in first, Sir Ian Ogilvy, Sydney Morning Herald, The Huffington Post
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Another Norwegian Article on Brideshead
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
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh
Tagged Norwegian translation, Oddvar Moi
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Waugh on Desert Island Discs
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
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC, castaway book selections, Desert Island Discs
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Decline and Fall on YouTube
All three episodes of the BBC TV adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall are currently posted on YouTube. They may be watched on your computer without a UK internet connection. Here are the links: Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Television
Tagged BBC, YouTube
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