Category Archives: Vile Bodies

Mrs. Melrose Ape in China

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The South China Morning Post recently ran a story by Jason Wordie about the activities in China of the American evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson . While best known for her Angelus Temple of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Los Angeles, … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Sitcom Punchline

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

In the latest episode of the ITV sitcom Vicious, starring Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen as a elderly gay couple, Evelyn Waugh makes an appearance.  In this episode (No. 4 of the current series) the couple are contemplating marriage after being together for … Continue reading →

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Waugh Among the Bohemians

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The BBC is currently running a cultural documentary entitled How to be a Bohemian. It is presented by Victoria Coren Mitchell and is broadcast on Monday nights over the BBC4 channel. The first episode traced the history of artistic “bohemians” from … Continue reading →

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Complete Works Event at Literary Leicester Festival, Nov. 12

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

From the Arts & Humanities Research Council’s news pages: It’s been just over a year since work began on the first ever Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. Together with Oxford University Press and the Waugh family, the project has been … Continue reading →

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Previously Unknown Evelyn Waugh Letters for Sale at Bonhams

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Three previously unknown letters from Evelyn Waugh to his friend Eleanor Watts, the girlfriend of the man who ran off with the novelist’s wife in 1929, are to be sold at Bonhams Fine Books, Atlases, Manuscripts and Photographs Sale on … Continue reading →

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David Bowie, Waugh Fan

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Party like it’s 1929: Vile Bodies at the V&A

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Antony F. P. Vickery

This Friday, Feb. 24th, as part of its Friday Late series, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is putting on an evening of entertainment with the theme of Bright Young Things. Included in the program is a theater adaptation … Continue reading →

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