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Category Archives: Fiction
Waugh on Weddings
As the month of June approaches, Moira Redmond was inspired to contribute an article to the Guardian newspaper for May 20, 2014 entitled “Marriage plots: the best wedding dresses in literature.” The article is included in a regular column called Books Blog … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Miscellaneous, Waugh Family
Tagged Guardian, Margaret Waugh, Moira Redmond, weddings
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Waugh Wins Place in Literary Bad Mothers Competition
In recognition of English Mother’s Day and to counterbalance the rash of greeting card excess, the Guardian has published an article by Moira Redmond entitled Bad Mothers in Books: a literary litany. Top award goes to Charles Dickens with a hat … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Articles, Miscellaneous
Tagged Brenda Last, Guardian, Lady Marchmain, Moira Redmond, Mother's Day, Nancy Mitford
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David Bowie, Waugh Fan
A list of singer/songwriter David Bowie’s 100 favorite books includes Evelyn Waugh’s 1930 novel Vile Bodies. The list appears in an Independent newspaper article that was published in conjunction with the exhibition David Bowie is at the Victoria & Albert museum, which ran for several months … Continue reading
Posted in Sightings, Vile Bodies
Tagged David Bowie, George Orwell
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BBC Radio 4’s Sword of Honour wins at 2014 BBC Radio Drama Awards
Jeremy Front’s dramatization of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy, broadcast in seven episodes on BBC Radio 4 last year, won Best Audio Drama (Adaptation) at the 2014 BBC Radio Drama Awards held yesterday in London.
Posted in Events, Radio, Radio Programs, Sword of Honour
Tagged BBC, Jeremy Front, Radio 4, Radio Drama Awards
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Huntington Library acquires major Waugh collection
The Huntington Library in San Marino, California (12 miles west of Los Angeles) has announced the acquisition of a major collection of rare editions and manuscripts of Evelyn Waugh. The collection, consisting of some 250 books and 135 letters and … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Studies, First Editions, Letters, Manuscripts, Ninety-Two Days, The Loved One
Tagged Anthony Powell, Diana Cooper, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Harry Ransom Center, Huntington Library, Loren and Frances Rothschild, Pope John XXIII
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Brits in Hollywood
The long-awaited publication of Lisa Colletta’s British Novelists in Hollywood, 1935-1965: Travelers, Exiles, and Expats took place last month in both the US and the UK. Professor Colletta presented a preliminary version of portions of the book relating to Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Miscellaneous, The Loved One
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Hollywood, Lisa Colletta, Waugh Centenary Conference
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All Evelyn Waugh fiction now available in audiobook format
All Evelyn Waugh’s works of fiction, both novels and short stories, are now available in audiobook format from Audible.com. The Complete Short Stories includes Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing, Scott-King’s Modern Europe, Love Among the Ruins, Work Suspended, and Basil Seal Rides … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Audiobooks, Biographies, Evelyn Waugh, Fiction
Tagged Audible, Frances Donaldson
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Seven days left to listen to Episode 2/7 of BBC Radio 4’s Sword of Honour
This is the last reminder we’ll be posting about the weekly broadcasts of BBC Radio 4’s adaptation of the Sword of Honour trilogy. New episodes are broadcast on Sundays at 3:00 p.m. UK time, and you have seven days from … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Fiction, Radio, Radio Programs, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged BBC, Radio 4
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