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Category Archives: Vile Bodies
Roundup: Writers on Waugh
–Two writers have posted a discussion of Waugh’s novel The Loved One. This is on YouTube and involves PhDs Kevin McAleer and Bruce Newsome, each of whom has written a book satirizing California. Here is a description of their talk: … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Helena, Newspapers, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Selina Hastings, The Critic, The Tatler, YouTube
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First-of-the-Year Roundup
—Prospect Magazine has posted an interview of novelist William Boyd by Cosmo Adair. It begins with a discussion of Boyd’s latest novels (several dealing with spies) and proceeds back from that. Here’s an excerpt: …Of all the spy writers, Graham … Continue reading
Happy New Year and Welcome to Public Domain
Several papers have been carrying the story on books to be released today (1 January 2026) from copyright publishing restrictions and into the public domain. Among these, Waugh’s Vile Bodies has been prominently mentioned. It was published as his second … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Collections, Decline and Fall, Fiction, Labels, Vile Bodies
Tagged Copyright, New Editions
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Roundup: Vileness Revisited
—William Cash writing in The Times newspaper recalls a Hollywood expat group from the 1990s that was called “the Viles” (at least by him) and explains why Ghislaine Maxwell failed to fit in. Here are some excerpts from his article: … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Salman Rushdie, The American Spectator, The Express, The New York Times, The Times
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Halloween Roundup
–A new biography of Oscar Wilde has been issued. This is After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal by his grandson Merlin Holland. It is reviewed in Literary Review by Thomas W Hodgkinson who summarizes it as describing the unique … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged Literary Review, Oscar Wilde, Quadrant, The Tablet, The Times
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Early August Roundup
–Novelist Dan Fesperman in LitHub.com discusses five novels which are set in realistic but imaginary places. One of those is Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop: …Waugh’s skewering of Fleet Street, published in 1938, is set in the East Africa nation of Ishmaelia, … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged CentMagazine.co.uk, LitHub.com, Prospect Magazine, The Oldie, The Times
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Simon J. James (1950-2025) R.I.P.
Duncan McLaren has advised that literary scholar Prof. Simon J James died earlier this week. He was active in the EWS and was editor of the Decline and Fall volume of the OUP’s Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. This would be … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Obituaries, Vile Bodies
Tagged Simon J James
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Roundup: Books, Paintings and Photographs
–The latest edition of The Oldie contains an article that may be of interest. This is by A N Wilson and is entitled “Great War Stories”. Here is the opening paragraph: WWII inspired Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell and Olivia Manning … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Combe Florey, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged A N Wilson, Duncan McLaren, Edward Burra, Eleanor Doughty, The Economist, The Oldie, The Times
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Easter Week Roundup
British journalist Eleanor Doughty, well known to our readers, has made a revisit to Castle Howard. What she finds is described in an article in the Times newspaper. Here is an excerpt: There is nowhere on earth like Castle Howard. … Continue reading
