Category Archives: Vile Bodies

Weekend Roundup: From Germany to Mayfair

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s 1931 travel book Remote People is receivng more attention in Germany. This may be due to the issuance of a new edition of the full German translation that was originally published in 2007. In a Deutchlandfunk radio broadcast (or … Continue reading →

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Spring Issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies Available

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The Spring 2018 issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies is now available. This is issue 49.1. The contents and abstracts of articles are set forth below. A complete copy of this issue is available here: ARTICLES Milena Borden, … Continue reading →

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Early Summer Roundup: Promotions and Lists

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Hertford College, Oxford, has prepared a gallery of its illustrious alumni for use on its promotional website. Waugh is the youngest of the 12 Old Hertfordians included. The unattributed entry is a well-presented summary of his writing career. It begins … Continue reading →

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Abingdon Arms Announces Waugh Plaque Unveiling

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The Abingdon Arms in Beckley, Oxon., has announced the details of its plans for the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the association of Evelyn Waugh with their premises. See previous posts. Here is the message from the organizer of the … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh and Simon Raven

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In his Daily Mail weblog, Peter Hitchens wonders whether the popularity of the recent BBC series on the Jermy Thorpe scandal might presage a revival of the Alms for Oblivion novels by one of his favorite under-read authors, Simon Raven: … Continue reading →

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Roundup: From All Over

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

A story in a recent edition of The Print, a New Delhi-based digital newspaper specializing in political reporting, likens the journalistic coverage of the recent Russian hacking scandal to the war coverage described in Evelyn Waugh’s novel Scoop. The story … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Venues: Chagford and Beckley

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Two of Waugh’s favorite writing venues have recently been in the news. An article on the Easton Court Hotel in Chagford, South Devon, was recently posted on the website jot101.com. This begins with a description of  the facilities in wartime … Continue reading →

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Early TV Adaptations: Vile Bodies and Put Out More Flags

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

IMDB recently updated the archival information in its database relating to two little-known BBC TV adaptations of Waugh’s works from 1970. These are Vile Bodies  and Put Out More Flags. Both were 90-minute productions on BBC2, but some archival information … Continue reading →

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Haphazard Dust-bins

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Spanish novelist Imma Monsó has written an article inspired by the publication in Spanish of US novelist James Salter’s The Art of Fiction. Salter’s book is based on a series of 2014 lectures he gave at the University of Virginia … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Vile Media

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The magazine GQ India had an article about Asian-based novels satirizing Asian-based rich people. This opens with a reference to one of Waugh’s novels: It is an unassailable truth that where there is money, a thinly veiled roman-à-clef documenting the … Continue reading →

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