Monthly Archives: May 2017

Circe Institute Podcast re Brideshead Revisited

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Circe Institute which is dedicated to the fostering of classical education is sponsoring an ongoing podcast relating to Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. The participants are David Kern, Tim MacIntosh and Angelina Stanford. The first episode dated 23 May … Continue reading →

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Waugh and the RAF

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Foreign Policy magazine is publishing excerpts from a new book by Thomas Ricks entitled Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom. The latest installment discusses the RAF pilots who prevented a German invasion in the Battle of Britain and who were predominantly … Continue reading →

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W G Sebald, Comic Novelist?

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In a long article in the latest edition of the New Yorker, Anglo-American literary scholar and critic James Wood (not to be confused with the scriptwriter of the same name who wrote BBC’s recent adaptation of Decline and Fall) tries … Continue reading →

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General Election, Water Voles, and Nothing

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A local news website in Kent has introduced Evelyn Waugh as an issue in the ongoing UK General Election. Kent Online has compiled a list of candidates for the seat in the Folkestone and Hythe constituency, with a thumbnail sketch provided … Continue reading →

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Italian Review of Decline and Fall

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Radio Spada, the Roman Catholic news website based in Italy, has published a review by Luca Fumagalli of Waugh’s Decline and Fall (published in Italian as Declino e caduta). This review covers both the book and the recent BBC TV serial which … Continue reading →

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2017 John H. Wilson Jr. Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Antony F. P. Vickery

Essays by undergraduates on the life and work of Evelyn Waugh are solicited for the 2017 John H. Wilson Jr. Evelyn Waugh Undergraduate Essay Contest. The contest is sponsored by Evelyn Waugh Studies, the journal of the Evelyn Waugh Society, … Continue reading →

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Scoop and the Montana Election

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The internet newsite Rare.us has issued a story about the physical persecution of a British reporter in the recent Montana special Congressional election. This is entitled: “The lesson of Greg Gianforte: Bashing journalists, even literally, isn’t much of a liability.” The Republican candidate … Continue reading →

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Latest Issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies Posted on Website

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Antony F. P. Vickery

The latest issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies (Vol 47 No. 3, Winter 2016) is now posted on the website. It includes an article entitled “Guy’s Deleted Nippers, Part I: The Unending Story of the Ending of Unconditional … Continue reading →

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Arthur Waugh and Prufrock and More

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Weekly Standard’s current issue has an article by American literary scholar William Pritchard marking the centenary of T S Eliot’s first collection of poems–Prufrock and Other Observations. The lead poem in the slim volume of twelve was “The Love Song … Continue reading →

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Decline and Fall in the National Review

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Kyle Smith, drama critic of the National Review, has written a favorable review of the recent TV adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. This is now running on what Smith describes as “the superb streaming service Acorn TV, which … Continue reading →

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