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Category Archives: Interviews
V S Naipaul (More)
More articles have come to light in which V S Naipaul’s attitude toward the writings of Evelyn Waugh is discussed: In the online newspaper The Daily Beast there is a story by Alice McNearney about the accidental destruction of Naipaul’s … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Literary Review, V S Naipaul
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Visits with V S Naipaul
Two recent stories following the death of V S Naipaul have Waugh connections. Most prominent are the reflections by Alexander Waugh of his several meetings with Naipaul dating back to his childhood when Sir Vidia came to visit his father. … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers
Tagged Paul Theroux, TLS, V S Naipaul, Vanity Fair
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BBC Airs Muriel Spark Film
BBC2 last week broadcast a one hour documentary on the life and works of novelist Muriel Spark: The Many Primes of Muriel Spark. This was originally transmitted in January on BBC Scotland to mark Spark’s centenary. The program was presented … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Documentaries, Interviews, Television Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged BBC, Kristy Wark, Muriel Spark
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An Uncertain Guest: Video Memoir of Evelyn Waugh
A posting on YouTube’s series “Web of Stories” contains a short video memoir of Evelyn Waugh recorded by the late John Julius Norwich. He was the only child of Waugh’s close friend Diana Cooper and her husband Duff. The memoir is … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews
Tagged Duff Cooper, John Julius Norwich, YouTube
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Roundup: Brideshead Matters
In an article posted on National Catholic Register, Joseph Pearce considers whether education still matters and concludes that it should but doesn’t always manage. In order to matter, education must teach the truth as revealed in the wisdom of the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers
Tagged Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey, Edith Sitwell, Evening Standard, Joseph Pearce, National Catholic Register, Rupert Everett, The Tablet
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Five Books (more)
Reader Dave Lull has done some additional research in the archives of the Five Books interviews and came up with a July 2012 interview with Waugh biographer Selina Hastings. See previous post. She was asked about books relating to Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Diaries, Interviews
Tagged Five Books, Selina Hastings, Timothy Garton Ash
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TV Series Previewed: Like Trainspotting Written by Evelyn Waugh
The Sunday Times has an interview of Benedict Cumberbatch and a preview of his new Patrick Melrose TV series. Cumberbatch both produced the series and plays the leading role. The books were adapted for TV by David Nicholls who previously … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Edward St. Aubyn, Emily Temple, Literary Hub, Patrick Melrose Novels, Stuff.co.nz, World Book Day
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Weekend Roundup: From Sword of Honour to Women of Knossos
In a recent issue of The Australian, Greg Sheridan writes about how his countrymen should deal with the shame of the recent cricket cheating scandal. This is entitled “National brand needs tending, not tears.” As an example of how the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Labels, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Boris Izaguirre, El Huffpost, kath.net, The Australian, The National Review, Weekly Standard
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A Diary, a Legacy, and a First Edition
The long-running “Londoner’s Diary” column of the Evening Standard has been relaunched as “The Londoner” and has a new author, Charlotte Edwardes, who writes her introductory article with a nod to Evelyn Waugh and several of his friends: On my … Continue reading
