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Three Generations of Waughs in The Oldie

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Various Waughs (and their associates) are scattered throughout the pages of this month’s issue of The Oldie. The leading feature article by Alan Thomas is about the Bright Young People and opens with a reference to Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies: … 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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BBC Arena Waugh Trilogy Available Online

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Part 1 of the 1987 BBC Arena three-part documentary, usually called the “Waugh Trilogy,” has been posted on YouTube. This is entitled “Bright Young Things.” It was last broadcast in 2008. The series was directed and narrated by Nicholas Shakespeare, and some of … Continue reading →

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Telegraph Publishes Remembrance of Waugh

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In today’s Sunday Telegraph, Nicholas Shakespeare writes a remembrance of Waugh. Shakespeare never apparently met Waugh personally but wrote and directed the three-part 198os BBC Arena documentary of Waugh. He is also editor of the Everyman edition of Waugh’s collected travel … Continue reading →

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