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Category Archives: Festivals
Waugh at Thanksgiving Table
The San Diego Reader, a weekly alternative print newspaper, has an article imagining a Thanksgiving dinner at which Evelyn Waugh is one of the guests. The others are: writer and critic H.L. Mencken, Pogo Possum, Roman emperor Claudius, writer and … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged H L Mencken, San Diego Reader, Thanksgiving
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Mixed Results for Waugh in Imaginary Booker Prize Competitions
The results are in from the competition at the Cheltenham Literary Festival to determine which book would have won the Booker prize for the year 1945 had there been one. Brideshead Revisited was on the shortlist and its case was … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Miscellaneous, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Booker Prize, Cheltenham Literature Feastival, Gloucestershire Live, London Review Bookshop
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Leicester Schedules Waugh Events for Literary Festival
The Literary Leicester Festival has announced an ambitious schedule of Waugh-related events on Friday, November 18. A panel on textual editing will meet at 3-4pm at which Prof Martin Stannard and Drs Barbara Cooke and Sharon Ouditt will discuss issues … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Biographies, Diaries, Festivals, Letters, Vile Bodies
Tagged Literary Leicester Festival, Martin Stannard, Philip Eade
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Two Waugh Events at Cheltenham Festival
The Cheltenham Literature Festival is featuring two Waugh-related events in October. The first is entitled Evelyn Waugh: Brideshead and Beyond and will involve a panel discussion. Here’s a description: Philip Eade, author of the new biography Evelyn Waugh: A Life … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Festivals
Tagged Cheltenham Literature Festival
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Waugh Event at Henley Festival Early Sell Out
The Henley Standard for today reports that the Evelyn Waugh event at the Henley Literary Festival next month was its first sell out. Philip Eade will discuss his new biography of Waugh in a session at Stonor Park where lunch will be … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Scoop
Tagged Henley Literary Festival, Henley Standard, Philip Eade, Stonor Park
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Brideshead Revisted Yet Again
Actor Jeremy Irons, who famously played Charles Ryder in the 1981 Granada TV production of Brideshead Revisited, recently made another visit to its setting. He was artist in residence at the Ryedale Festival in which he appeared in “A Meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Festivals, Film, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs
Tagged Castle Howard, Jeremy Irons, Malton & Pickering Mercury, Ryedale Festival
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Waugh Biographer to Appear at Henley Festival
Philip Eade will appear at the Henley-on-Thames Literary Festival on Tuesday, 27 September at 1230p. He will speak about his biography of Waugh at Stonor Park, a country house about 4 miles north of Henley, and lunch will be served. … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Letters
Tagged Henley Literary Festival, Philip Eade, Stonor Park
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Another Literary Anniversary
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Graham Greene’s death in 1991. There have been several events associated with this anniversary. Perhaps the most ambitious is the BBC’s undertaking to adapt four of Greene’s novels for radio presentations. The most … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Conferences, Festivals, Radio, Radio Programs, Robbery Under Law
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Carlos Villar Flor, D.J.Taylor, Graham Greene Birthplace Trust, Roy Hattersley, The Tablet
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Waugh Biographer to Appear at Buxton Festival
The Buxton Festival in mid-July will feature a talk by Philip Eade on his new biography of Evelyn Waugh. The talk is scheduled for Wednesday, 13 July at 1:45p in the Pavilion Arts Center; tickets £10.50. This will be a week … Continue reading
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Tagged Buxton Festival, Philip Eade
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Exhibition of Waugh Film Memorabilia at Bridport
The Dorset Echo carries a story about a newly announced feature of the Bridport From Page to Screen film festival this weekend. See previous posts. This will relate to: …Evelyn Waugh’s The Loved One on Sunday 3rd. His grandson Alexander … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Film, Newspapers, Television, The Loved One
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