Category Archives: Interviews

Waugh in the Media

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A discussion of Waugh’s novel Scoop takes place in a recent episode of the Federalist Radio Hour. This involves an interview of Christopher Scalia by presenter Ben Domenech. Scalia begins by explaining, inter alia,  his background as an academic and nearly 8 years … Continue reading →

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Decline and Fall Profiled in Independent

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Independent newspaper (still publishing online) has profiled the BBC’s upcoming production of Waugh’s Decline and Fall. The article is written by Gerard Gilbert and contains much of the same material from cast and crew interviews as that appearing in the other … Continue reading →

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Daily Mail Features Decline and Fall Adaptation

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s Daily Mail carries a feature article (“Love and Waugh”) by Andrew Preston on the BBC adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. This appears in the Mail’s “Weekend Magazine” and involves interviews with several members of the production’s … Continue reading →

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Rachel Cusk Interviewed in New York Magazine

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

New York Magazine has today posted an interview of novelist Rachel Cusk. The interview is by Heidi Julavits and opens with this brief summary of Cusk’s work: Cusk is the author of three memoirs and nine novels, most recently Transit, which … Continue reading →

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Final Episode of BBC Arena’s Waugh Trilogy Now Available

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Episode 3 of the 1987 BBC Arena “Waugh Trilogy” is now posted on YouTube. This is entitled “An Englishman’s Home.” With this posting, all three episodes are now available. See earlier posts. Like the previous ones, this episode is also  of a high quality … Continue reading →

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Part 2 of BBC Arena Trilogy Posted

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Part 2 of the BBC Arena’s Waugh Trilogy has been posted on YouTube. This is entitled “From Mayfair to the Jungle” and covers the 1930s continuing through the war to Brideshead Revisited. Those interviewed include William Deedes, Dorothy Lygon, John … Continue reading →

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Scoop and “Fake News”

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

There have been several references to Waugh’s Scoop in the wake of the new concern with “fake news” arising from present US political turmoil. As anyone familiar with Waugh’s novel will know, this is not a new phenomenon. Perhaps the most poignant … Continue reading →

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Waugh Among Top Sellers on AbeBooks

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Victoria, British Columbia, paper Times Colonist has published an interview of Richard Davies, a spokesman for the internet bookseller AbeBooks (which I believe originally was called ABE, standing for “Advanced Book Exchange”, but now has become a word unto itself). The company, now … Continue reading →

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Philip Eade Interviewed by National Review

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

An audio interview of Waugh’s biographer Philip Eade by National Review’s John J. Miller has been posted on the internet in Miller’s “Bookmonger” series. This may be found on the website Riccochet. It lasts about 10 minutes and begins with Miller asking … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Coe, Evelyn Waugh and P G Wodehouse

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

An interview of novelist Jonathan Coe for Etudes Britanniques Contemporaines has been posted on the internet. The interview, published as “Laughing Out Loud with Jonathan Coe”, was conducted in October 2015 and deals with the comic content of Coe’s fiction. He is best … Continue reading →

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