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Category Archives: Radio Programs
Roundup: Witchcraft and Victory
–The Daily Telegraph reviews a new history of witchcraft since 1800 entitled Cursed Britain by Thomas Waters. The review is by Robert Leigh-Pemberton and opens with this: The âSwahili witch doctorâ, installed in rooms âoff the Edgware Roadâ by the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour, The Loved One, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, National Public Radio, Stream.org, Yorkshire Post
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New British PM Also a Novelist (And a Waugh Fan)
The New York Times, in advance of Boris Johnson’s selection as new leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, wrote a profile of his literary career. His book about Winston Churchill sold well and is still in print, but … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Boris Johnson, Guardian, New York Times
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Roundup: “The Death of a Modern Churchman”
–A literary website that encourages new writers (Culturedvultures.com) has posted a list of the 10 most absurd deaths in classic fiction. Among those selected is the death of Mr Prendergast in Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall: 8. DEATH BY SAW AND … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Discussions, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged CulturedVultures.com, Gary Wills, Harpers Magazine, Joseph Pearce, PlayerFM, Thomas Merton
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Midwinter Roundup
–One of our readers Bruce Gaston contributed this item: Early every morning on BBC Radio 4 there is a short item called “Tweet  of the Day”, which is actually about birdsong. Today’s bird was the  Great Crested Grebe. The continuity … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged AM730 (Hong Kong), BBC Radio 4, Bruce Gaston, Church Life Journal, Dawn Powell, Los Angeles Review of Books, Pasadena Star-Telegram, Sigrid Unset, Visual Arts Source
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Roundup: Daleks and Poputchiks
–The BBC has announced plans to issue a print version of a 1980s Dr Who episode that contains a plot line inspired by Waugh’s novel The Loved One. This is explained on a website that tracks this sort of thing (BleedingCool.com) … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged BBC, Dr Who, Guardian, San Diego Reader, University Challenge
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Boxing Day Roundup
–The Guardian in its “Top Tens” books column this week features “books on booze”. The selection by Henry Jeffreys is explained as “not a collection of books about drunkenness or alcoholism, though both feature. Rather, it is a celebration of those … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Film, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour, The Loved One
Tagged BBC, Guardian, Lapham's Quarterly
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Waugh on BBC Radio 4 Great Lives
The BBC Radio 4 episode of its “Great Lives” series is now available to monitor on BBC iPlayer. Presenter Matthew Parris spent most most of the broadcast baiting panelists Russell Kane and Anne Pasternak Slater by citing examples of Waugh’s … Continue reading
Posted in Discussions, Evelyn Waugh, Radio Programs
Tagged Anne Pasternak Slater, BBC Radio 4, Great Lives, Russell Kane
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Music of Time
The BBC has undertaken a review of classical music composed in the years 1918-2018. This is entitled “Our Classical Century” and includes recorded performances and commentary on both television (BBC4) and radio (BBC Radio 3). Selections will also be featured … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Vile Bodies
Tagged Anthony Powell, BBC, Daily Mail, Modern Age
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Evelyn Waugh to Feature in Great Lives Series
BBC Radio 4 has announced a new episode in its “Great Lives” series that will feature a panel discussion of Evelyn Waugh. Here is the announcement: Comedian Russell Kane nominates the novelist Evelyn Waugh, with help from literary critic Ann … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Society, Radio Programs
Tagged Ann Pasternak Slater, BBC Radio 4, Great Lives, Russell Kane
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