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Category Archives: Fiction
Sotheby’s Results Reported
The results of Sotheby’s 12 July London auction of several Waugh items is reported on their internet site. This consists of lots 195-205 in the linked catalogue. It includes several lots of multiple copies. All sold at or in excess … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, First Editions, Items for Sale, London, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Sotheby's
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British Library Posts Article on BYPs
The British Library has posted an article on its website about the Bright Young People of the interwar years. This is by Dr Milena Borden and is entitled: “Bright Young Things: behind the party mask.” Dr Borden concentrates on how the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Vile Bodies
Tagged British Library, Milena Borden
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A Recent Visit to “Whispering Glades”
In this week’s LA Weekly, an alternative newspaper distributed in the Los Angeles region, there is a humorous description of a recent visit to Forest Lawn Cemetery by artist and illustrator Tony Mostrom. He begins with references to the negativity expressed … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Conferences, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Forest Lawn Cemetery, LA Weekly, Tony Mostrom
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Jay McInerney Lists Waugh in NY Times Article
In listing his favorite books, novelist and, more recently, wine commentator Jay McInerney included Waugh’s A Handful of Dust. His own first novel Bright Lights, Big City (1984) might be considered a 1980s version of Decline and Fall. In an article … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Articles, Newspapers
Tagged Jay McInerney, New York Times
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BBC Radio 4 Broadcast Concluded
BBC Radio 4 today broadcast the final episode of the reading of excerpts from Philip Eade’s biography of Waugh as its Book of the Week. The programs will remain available over the internet on BBC iPlayer for the next four weeks. The material … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Radio Programs, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Nicholas Grace, Philip Eade
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William Boyd Names Scoop as a Favorite Classic
In response to a request by booksellers W H Smith, novelist William Boyd has named Scoop one of his five favorite classic novels. This comes as no surprise since Boyd wrote the screenplay for the 1987 TV adaptation of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Scoop, Television
Tagged W H Smith, William Boyd
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Waugh Adaptations in TLS
The TLS has posted an essay by Alexander Larman (“Waugh on screen”) on its weblog. In it, he notes his concerns about the upcoming BBC adaptation of Decline and Fall and offers advice about how to avoid problems by looking at previous … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Black Mischief, Decline and Fall, Film, Miscellaneous, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Alexander Larman, BBC, Jack Whitehall, James Wood, TLS, William Boyd
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Waugh in the Press
The Daily Telegraph’s parliamentary sketchwriter, Michael Deacon, declared himself to have been overcome by too much news last week: Brexit, resignations, votes of no confidence, refusals to resign, Boris Johnson in general, etc., have been too much for him. In yesterday’s column, … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Daily Telegraph, David Hepworth, Guardian, Michael Deacon, Vermont Public Radio
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Russian Radio Dramatization of The Loved One
A Russian radio dramatization of The Loved One (Nezabvennaia) has been posted on YouTube. The entire production plays for nearly 4 hours, but it was apparently broadcast in shorter episodes earlier this year. It was produced by Teatr Radio Rossii … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Radio, Radio Programs, The Loved One, Twitter
Tagged Radio Theater of Russia, YouTube
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Guardian Reviews New Waugh Biography
In today’s Guardian (or as it is styled on Sunday the Observer) literary critic Robert McCrum reviews Philip Eade’s new biography of Evelyn Waugh. The book, entitled Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited will be published later this week in the … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Edmund Wilson, Guardian, Philip Eade, Robert McCrum
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