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Auberon Waugh

Auberon Waugh

Michael Parkinson's castaway is journalist and writer Auberon Waugh

Desert Island Discs · BBC Radio 4

August 31, 198630m 46s

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Show Notes

Auberon Waugh, now the Editor of the Literary Review, has gained a reputation as a controversial journalist. In conversation with Michael Parkinson, he talks about his father Evelyn Waugh, his childhood and his writing, which has included seven novels and his diary Private Eye.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

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