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Tag Archives: Daily Mail
Waugh and the Hendon Nudists
An article appears in the Londonist (an online magazine devoted to local news about London, past and present) relating to a 1930 incident when a group of nudists chose to sunbathe unclothed at a Hendon lake called the Welsh Harp. This was … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Humo(u)r, London, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Londonist, nudism, sunbathing
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“Scoop-like” Novel Boosted
In Peter Wilby’s New Stateman column, the new novel Splash! by Stephen Glover often likened to Waugh’s Scoop has been given another boost. As explained by Wilby, Scoop: … drew on Waugh’s experience of covering Mussolini’s invasion of Abyssinia (as it … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Mail, New Statesman, Peter Wilby, Stephen Glover
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Waugh and the Q & A
Humorist Craig Brown writing in the Daily Mail makes a case for the elimination of the Q&A following any vocal presentation by an author. He is particularly bothered by the typical literary festival as a waste of time. In the article, … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Interviews, Lectures, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Craig Brown, Daily Mail
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Arthur Waugh and Prufrock and More
The Weekly Standard’s current issue has an article by American literary scholar William Pritchard marking the centenary of T S Eliot’s first collection of poems–Prufrock and Other Observations. The lead poem in the slim volume of twelve was “The Love Song … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Conferences, Decline and Fall, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers
Tagged Arthur Waugh, Daily Mail, John Zmirak, The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, TS Eliot, Weekly Standard, William Pritchard
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Waugh and the Friedman Unit
On a blog specializing in stories about the Iraq War, blogger Alexander Harrowell describes what is known to those write about such things as the “Friedman Unit”: Those of us who blogged through the Iraq War will of course remember the Friedman … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Abyssinian War, Alexander Harrowell, Daily Mail, Ian Burrell, iNews, Press Gazette, Steven Glover, The Yorkshire Rant
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Christ Church Dust-up Brings Waugh Cites in Press
A recent incident at Christ Church, an Oxford college, has been widely reported in the British press. This involved a student, Lavinia Woodward, who was studying to be a surgeon. In a reportedly drug-induced rage, she stabbed her boyfriend (whom … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Christ Church, Daily Mail, Guardian, Lavinia Woodward, Peter Hitchins, Simon Jenkins, Tom Winnifrith
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Telegraph Praises Episode 2 of Decline and Fall
Today’s Daily Telegraph adds its praise for the BBC’s faithful adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall which continued yesterday. In his TV review column, Mark Monahan writes: There was gentle entertainment on Friday evening BBC One – well, superficially gentle, at … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Alex Renton, BBC, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Deborah Ross, Guardian, Mark Monahan, Tim Piggott-Smith
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Decline and Fall Discussed by Radio 4 and Sunday Papers
The latest episode of BBC Radio 4’s Front Row featured a discussion of the network’s TV adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. Presenter Stig Abell interviewed scriptwriter James Wood and literary critic Suzi Feay, who writes for the Financial Times. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Television
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Daily Mail, Deborah Ross, Euan Ferguson, Front Row, Hugo Rifkind, James Wood, Louis Wise, Observer, Sunday Telegraph, Suzi Feay, Times newspapers
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Decline and Fall Previewed by Harry Mount and Saturday Review
Journalist and critic Harry Mount has previewed the BBC adaptation of Decline and Fall in the Daily Mail (“Oh! What a Lovely Waugh!”): Here’s hoping the TV adaptation – written by James Wood (Rev) – brings more readers to Waugh’s … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford, Radio Programs, Television
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Daily Mail, Harry mount, Saturday Review, Tom Sutcliffe
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Daily Mail Features Decline and Fall Adaptation
This week’s Daily Mail carries a feature article (“Love and Waugh”) by Andrew Preston on the BBC adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. This appears in the Mail’s “Weekend Magazine” and involves interviews with several members of the production’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Alexander Waugh, Decline and Fall, Interviews, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Mail, Evgeny Lebedev, George Osborne, Jack Whitehall, James Wood, The Evening Standard
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