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Waugh and “Mrs Bluefeet” in New Book

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest Literary Review has an essay by novelist and literary critic D J Taylor about what he calls “biographer’s luck”. The was inspired by his latest biography to be published next month in the UK. An American edition entitled The … Continue reading →

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Wartime TLS

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

Gale Primary Sources has posted an article about how the TLS managed to thrive in the wartime period 1939-1945 while many other literary publications struggled or died. The article seems to be an extract from a longer work about TLS … Continue reading →

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Peter Watson: Biography of Everard’s Angel

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s Spectator reviews a biography of Pater Watson, probably best known to Waugh fans as the financial backer of Cyril Connolly’s Horizon magazine during WWII and early postwar austerity. The magazine and Connolly are satirized as Survival and Everard … Continue reading →

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Never seen a copy of Cyril Connolly’s Horizon magazine?

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Unz.org provides free access to its online archive of periodicals, books, videos and films, including full runs of Horizon (1940-1949), Encounter (1953-1991), and many others.

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