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Tag Archives: BBC
Roundup: Oxford, Metro-Land and Commandos
—The Times has a review of the recent book about Waugh and the Oxford-based Hypocrites Club, entitled Hellfire. See previous posts. This is reviewed by Daisy Dunn who opens with a well written summary of some of the book’s high … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, Commandos, Financial Times, Marcel Proust, Metro-Land, The Imaginative Conservative, The Times newspaper
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BBC WWII Commando Series
The BBC has scheduled the broadcast of a 6-part docudrama series on the WWII Commandos. This will focus on the SAS, which was the brainchild of Commando David Stirling with whom Waugh was serving in 8 Commando in 1941. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC, Christopher Sykes, Commandos, Daily Telegraph, David Stirling, Financial Times, History Magazine, SAS
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On Offer: Two Events, a Radio Series and Some Books
There have been two announcements of upcoming events in Southern England that may be of interest. The first is a joint presentation of the Victoria & Albert Museum and Vogue magazine: Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Lectures, Radio
Tagged BBC, Buckingham History Festival, Forum Auctions, V&A, Vogue magazine
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Fall Equinox Roundup
—The Sunday Times contributes another assessment of the literary achievements of Queen Elizabeth II’s years. This is entitled “The books that defined the Queen’s reign.” It is written by Dominic Sandbrook, who begins with a consideration of T S Eliot’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop, Television Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged BBC, Dominic Sandbrook, Literary Review of Canada, The Atlantic Monthly, The Critic, The Sunday Times, University Challenge
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BBC 1967 Adaptation of “Sword of Honour” Now Available
There is an announcement on YouTube of the availability for home viewing of the three 90-minute episodes of the BBC’s 1967 Theatre 625 adaptation of Waugh’s war trilogy Sword of Honour. The adaptation was written by Giles Cooper and directed … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Sword of Honour, Television, World War II
Tagged BBC, Theatre 625
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Memorial Day Roundup
–The Atlantic Monthly has reposted its issue for September 1956. This contains Waugh’s article entitled “Max Beerbohm: A Lesson in Manners”. This was a reprint of the article that had earlier appeared in the Sunday Times. It was a memorial … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Radio Programs, Scoop, Television
Tagged BBC, Gavin Millar, Newsmax, Oxford Mail, Penguin Books, The Atlantic Monthly, The Times
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Roundup: Book List and Bullingdon
–Charles Moore writing in the Daily Telegraph has a story entitled “Not even the Queen’s Jubilee is safe from BBC preaching: There are good writers all across the Commonwealth, but Auntie insists on telling us that it knows best”. He … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged BBC, Bullingdon Club, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Queen's Jubilee Book List, The Critic, The Spectator
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A Musical Waugh
BBC Four is rebroadcasting a 2006 production entitled The Piano: A Passion. This is presented by Alexander Waugh. Here’s the description: Alexander Waugh has been passionate about pianos ever since he was a small boy. Fuelled by an insatiable curiosity … Continue reading
Washington’s Birthday Roundup
–In the TLS, backpage columnist M.C. is reminded of the BBC television quiz show Take It or Leave It. Devised by Brigid Brophy, this quiz show ran from 1964 until 1971 on BBC Two. “Preference and prejudice towards books and … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged BBC, comedy.co.uk, Evening Standard, Hanya Yanagihara, MercatorNet.com, Michael Mills, New Yorker, Particia Lockwood, The Critic, TLS
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Modernism’s Centenary Marked: Essay and Lecture
There have been several stories in the papers recently about the major events in the history of modern literature that occurred in 1922. A recent article by John Self in The Critic magazine does an excellent job of bringing them … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, A Little Learning, Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, John Self, Modernism, T S Eliot Society, The Critic, The Waste Land, University of Leicester
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