Episode 18: The Ordeal of Evelyn Waugh
In Episode 18 (released 15 April 2020): The great prose stylist of the 20th century, monster, performer? Biographer and literary journalist Selina Hastings and writer and critic Alexander Waugh reveal the many reputations of Evelyn Waugh with the Slightly Foxed editors. From a pathological fear of boredom, hallucinations provoked by doses of bromide and cheques bouncing at the Ritz to his relationships conducted through letters, his genius for sharp satire and love of gossip, the conversation brings to light the darkness and humour of Waugh’s works. And we visit The Loved One’s Whispering Glades in this month’s reading from the magazine’s archives. Click here to listen to this episode.

Sword of Honour
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Decline and Fall
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The Loved One
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Brideshead Revisited
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A Handful of Dust
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A Russian Journal
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The Singapore Grip
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