Category Archives: Sword of Honour

Reminder: Episode 1/7 of BBC Radio 4’s Men at Arms was broadcast today

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

You have seven days left to listen to the episode at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qfz6.

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Broadcast of BBC Radio 4’s new Sword of Honour adaptation begins on Sept. 29th

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

The first episode of the new BBC Radio 4 seven-part adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy will be broadcast on Sept. 29th at 3:00 p.m. UK time. Archived episodes should be available for up to seven days after broadcast … Continue reading →

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Major seven-part adaptation of Sword of Honour trilogy coming to BBC Radio this year

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Antony F. P. Vickery

From The Stage: A BBC awards scheme that launched the careers of actors such as Stephen Tompkinson and Richard Griffiths has named this year’s winners, with all the recipients being cast in a major seven-part adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Sword … Continue reading →

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Winner announced of 2011 Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Antony F. P. Vickery

The Evelyn Waugh Society is pleased to announce the winner of the seventh (2011) annual Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest. Congratulations to Robert Sherron, whose essay “Guy’s Qualitative Journey towards True Vocation in Sword of Honour” was judged to be … Continue reading →

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Maugham, Ford, Waugh, and the experience of war

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Antony F. P. Vickery

In The Spectator‘s Book Blog, Steven McGregor discusses Somerset Maugham’s The Hero, Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End, and Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour Trilogy in the light of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a follow-up post, David … Continue reading →

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Paul Johnson: Novelists at Arms

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Paul Johnson in Standpoint magazine surveys novels and novelists of the Second World War, including James Jones, Norman Mailer, Olivia Manning, Anthony Powell, and Evelyn Waugh: It is a mistake, in my view, to hold a popularity contest between A … Continue reading →

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