- Drag Amazon+EWS to your favorites bar for all your Amazon needs and support the Evelyn Waugh Society at no extra cost to yourself.
-
Latest EW News
Twitter Feed
Tag Archives: D.J.Taylor
Colossus of Snobbery
Critic and novelist D J Taylor has written a book inspired by William Thackeray entitled The New Book of Snobs, to be published later this month. An excerpt appears in the Daily Mail. This deals mostly with Taylor’s account of his own … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Hampstead, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Daily Mail, postcodes, snobbery
Comments Off on Colossus of Snobbery
D J Taylor on Open Book
The BBC Radio 4 Open Book episode broadcast today promised a guide to the works of Evelyn Waugh. This was offered in the form of presenter Mariella Frostrup’s interview of novelist and critic D J Taylor. Frostrup opened with a mention … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, Radio Programs, Vile Bodies, Work Suspended
Tagged BBC Radio 4, D.J.Taylor, Mariella Frostrup, Open Book
Comments Off on D J Taylor on Open Book
1966: The Year Waugh Died
In this week’s TLS, D J Taylor writes a long essay about literature in the 1960s, entitled “The Clinging Sixties.” He begins with a brief discussion of pivotal events of 1966 for sport and pop music. That was the year of England’s … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged 1966, D.J.Taylor, Literature of the Sixties, TLS
Comments Off on 1966: The Year Waugh Died
D J Taylor Reviews New Waugh Biography
Novelist and critic (and well-known Waugh fan) D J Taylor has reviewed Philip Eade’s new biography of Waugh in The National (an assertedly independent newspaper published in Abu Dhabi). As is the case with previous reviewers, Taylor’s verdict is mixed. … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Philip Eade, The National (Abu Dhabi)
Comments Off on D J Taylor Reviews New Waugh Biography
Another Literary Anniversary
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Graham Greene’s death in 1991. There have been several events associated with this anniversary. Perhaps the most ambitious is the BBC’s undertaking to adapt four of Greene’s novels for radio presentations. The most … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Conferences, Festivals, Radio, Radio Programs, Robbery Under Law
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Carlos Villar Flor, D.J.Taylor, Graham Greene Birthplace Trust, Roy Hattersley, The Tablet
Comments Off on Another Literary Anniversary
Weekly Standard Reviews The Prose Factory
The US neoconservative journal The Weekly Standard in its latest issue has reviewed D J Taylor’s history of the English “man of letters” since World War I . See earlier posts. The book, entitled The Prose Factory, was published earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Television
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Dominic Green, The Prose Factory, Weekly Standard
Comments Off on Weekly Standard Reviews The Prose Factory
The Long Weekend (More)
D.J. Taylor has reviewed Adrian Tinniswood’s book The Long Weekend in the Wall Street Journal. This is a social history of Britain between the wars. Both Alec and Evelyn Waugh merit attention in Taylor’s article, which is entitled “Do not … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Adrian Tinniswood, Country Houses, D.J.Taylor, Wall Street Journal
Comments Off on The Long Weekend (More)
Waughs in Magazines
Two recent magazine articles are devoted to Waughs. The current issue of the Tablet contains an article entitled “Scoop revisited.” This is by critic and novelist D.J. Taylor and relates to the 1960 BBC Face-to-Face TV interview that was recently rebroadcast on the … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Society, Interviews, Letters, Newsletter
Tagged BBC, Clive James, D.J.Taylor, John Freeman, Mark McGinness, Quadrant, The Tablet
Comments Off on Waughs in Magazines
Basil Seal Rides Yet Again
D.J. Taylor in the Independent announces low expectations for the BBC’s plans to revive its 1970s sit. com. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. The plan is to have the 74 year old Michael Crawford reprise his role as youthfully naive Frank Spencer among a … Continue reading
Posted in Basil Seal Rides Again, Black Mischief, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Scoop, Television Programs, Work Suspended
Tagged Anthony Powell, BBC, D.J.Taylor, Independent newspaper, Michael Crawford, Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em
Comments Off on Basil Seal Rides Yet Again