Monthly Archives: July 2018

Waugh and Modernism: Picasso

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Duncan McLaren has now added the second part of his posting relating to Waugh and Modernism. The first was posted several days ago and related to Waugh and Gertrude Stein. The new one deals with Waugh and Pablo Picasso. This … Continue reading →

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Exploding Scotland

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In a post on the website Catholicism.org, Dr Robert Hickson offers another in his series of annotated Evelyn Waugh passages. In this case he posts a copy of Waugh’s 1942 letter to his wife about the demolition of Lord Glasgow’s … Continue reading →

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A Cold Reception

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The Spanish digital newspaper Diario Informacion, based in Alicante, has published a recent opinion article entitled “Football and Politics.” This is written by Andrés Castaño. The opening paragraph deals with Politics and starts with a reference to a Waugh novel: … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Croatia

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

As noted in a previous post, Brideshead Revisited was recently translated into Croatian and published there earlier this year as Povratak u Brideshead. That translation was reviewed last week in the daily newspaper Glas Slavonije published in Osijek. This is … Continue reading →

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