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Tag Archives: Esquire
Roundup
–Novelist and biographer A N Wilson has published a detailed review of John Betjeman’s recently rebroadcast program Metroland. This appears in a recent issue of the Daily Mail. The BBC rebroadcast was mentioned in the previous Roundup. Wilson who was … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Scoop, Television, The Loved One
Tagged A N Wilson, City Journal, Daily Mail, Esquire, John Betjeman, New York Review of Books
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Book List Roundup: Wuhan Virus Edition
The unfilled hours produced by the disruptions of the Wuhan virus seem to call for more reading and, thus, have apparently inspired the compiling and posting of book lists. Several of these include books by Evelyn Waugh: –The Milwaukee Magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Vile Bodies, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Book Lists, Catholic Herald, Daily Telegraph, Esquire, Forbes, Milwaukee Magazine, Russell Baker
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Father’s Day Roundup
–In response to the feverish political activity in London, The Independent newspaper has composed a list of the Top 10 fictional Prime Ministers. While no Waugh character makes the top 10, he is awarded an Honourable Mention: Honourable mentions for … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Remote People, Vile Bodies
Tagged Esquire, Harvard Magazine, St Francis Xavier, The Independent, The Spectator
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Waugh Underground
The digital/print magazine Mental Floss has reposted a 2016 story about Waugh’s contribution to the successful HBO TV series from the early 2000’s entitled Six Feet Under. This told the stories of a family in the funeral business. According to … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television, The Loved One
Tagged America, E M Forster, Esquire, Mental Floss, Six Feet Under
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Vile Bodies: Two Wins and a Loss
Esquire magazine has published a list of what it considers the “24 Funniest Books Ever Written” as compiled by Will Hersey. At number 6 is Waugh’s Vile Bodies (1930): …Evelyn Waugh brilliantly, hilariously, unflinchingly but always humanely pinions a society … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Evelyn Waugh, Film, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Alex Clark, Esquire, Guardian, Peter O'Toole, TheWrap.com, Will Hersey
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Esquire Lists Vile Bodies Among Top 20 Funniest Books
Esquire magazine conducted a poll among comedians and writers to name their funniest books and came up with a list of the top 20. Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies (1930) is included: It is a gift to the satirist to live in turbulent times but … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Vile Bodies
Tagged comic novels, Esquire
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