Category Archives: Radio Programs

Waugh’s Signature, Favorite Dublin Pub, Lost in Translation, Etc.

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

–Duncan McLaren has posted a short note on Waugh’s change in his signature at an early stage in his career. This is posted on his website under WAUGH BITES. McLaren is able to triangulate that change in the early 1930’s … Continue reading →

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Bastille Day Roundup

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

With the French celebrating their National Day and their World Cup victory this past weekend, our latest roundup is dedicated to them. Appropriately enough, our first entry relates to France. –In the weblog Literary Hub, Emily Temple admits that most writers … Continue reading →

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Weekend Roundup: From Germany to Mayfair

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s 1931 travel book Remote People is receivng more attention in Germany. This may be due to the issuance of a new edition of the full German translation that was originally published in 2007. In a Deutchlandfunk radio broadcast (or … Continue reading →

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Desert Island Confusion

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The Independent newspaper in London has a story in a recent issue about the BBC’s long-running program Desert Island Discs. This article by Alex Johnson focuses on book lists and this week opens with a discussion of the choices made … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Brideshead Über Alles

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Perhaps in connection with what was effectively the BBC’s 10th anniversary rebroadcast of the 2008 film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited earlier this week, there have been several discussions of the novel and the film on the internet: –An Australian Roman … Continue reading →

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Message to Milligan

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The following quote said to be taken from a volume of Letters of Note appeared recently in a Twitter post retweeted from 2015: The comic Spike Milligan had great admiration for Evelyn Waugh. Whether this was reciprocated in any way must … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh on BBC’s “Evil Genius” Podcast

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC has posted the episode of comedian Russell Kane’s “Evil Genius” podcast series that features a consideration of Evelyn Waugh. The idea is to have a panel decide whether each episode’s subject was more evil or more genius. Previous episodes … Continue reading →

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Weekend Roundup: Brideshead in the News

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Alan Hollinghurst’s latest novel The Sparsholt Affair  is being released in the USA next week and is reviewed in the Boston Globe. The Globe’s reviewer, Priscilla Gilman, as with several in the UK, notes the book’s conections with Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited: … Continue reading →

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Evil Genius on BBC Podcast

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC has signed comedian and Evelyn Waugh fan Russell Kane do a series of podcasts on the theme of the Evil Genius. In this, he will trace characters through history who have been geniuses but who have also done horrible … Continue reading →

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Weekend Roundup: Somerset in the News

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Most of our Waugh news in this week’s roundup come from or relates to the county of Somerset: An Australian radio program on the ABC network announces the upcoming TV series on the career of politician Jeremy Thorpe. This is … Continue reading →

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