Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh

Advent-tide Roundup

Posted on December 7, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

—The Times has the review (dated 2 Dec.) of a book by Waugh biographer Paula Byrne that may be of interest. Here are the opening paragraphs: In Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder remarks that Catholics appear “just like other people”. He is … Continue reading →

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Early December Roundup

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Sydney Morning Herald reviews Salman Rushdie’s latest book (probably referring to The Eleventh Hour). The review is by Australian literary critic Peter Craven and is headed: “Unsurprisingly, death is a recurring theme in Salman Rushdie.” It contains some mention … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving (USA) Roundup

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–The New York Review of Books has reviewed a book by Kit Kowol entitled Blue Jerusalem. The review by Ferdinand Mount is entitled “Flipping Britain’s Postwar Script.” Here’s the opening: Controlling the narrative is the name of the game now. … Continue reading →

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Armistice Day Roundup

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–In a recent issue of Irish Times, Waugh came up in multiple stories. In a review of Elizabeth Day’s novel One of Us, the Times’ reviewer begins by noting that she …deploys one of fiction’s most reliable formulas. It is … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Vileness Revisited

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

—William Cash writing in The Times newspaper recalls a Hollywood expat group from the 1990s that was called “the Viles” (at least by him) and explains why Ghislaine Maxwell failed to fit in. Here are some excerpts from his article: … Continue reading →

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Halloween Roundup

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–A new biography of Oscar Wilde has been issued. This is After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal by his grandson Merlin Holland. It is reviewed in Literary Review by Thomas W Hodgkinson who summarizes it as describing the unique … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Cigars, Paula Byrne and The Latin Mass

Posted on October 18, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Evening Standard newspaper has published an article about a noted shop on St James’s Street. This is J J Fox and the product they have on offer is cigars. After a discussion of their history, in which it is … Continue reading →

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Octoberfest Roundup

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–The scripts of the TV series “All Creatures Great and Small” are being posted on the internet. Here’s an excerpt from an episode from the final series (No. 6) in which one of the vets is being introduced to a … Continue reading →

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End of the Month Roundup

Posted on September 28, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–Alexander Larman in The Spectator reviews two new books about religion: Twelve Churches by Fergus Butler-Gallie and God, the Science, the Evidence by Miles-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnaissies. The article opens with a brief reference to the religious writings of … Continue reading →

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Summer’s End Roundup

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–An article in the New Statesman describes luncheon at the Inner Temple amongst the barristers who frequent the premises. The article is by Finn McRedmond and concludes with this: …And so, here I am eating my greens in Inner Temple, … Continue reading →

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