Monthly Archives: November 2020

Post-Thanksgiving Roundup

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Stig Abell, former editor of the TLS, has written a book entitled Things I Learned on the 6:28 in which he writes about books he has read while commuting. The Times has posted a selection of the comic novels he … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Ethics, Mimics and Graves

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Minneapolis StarTribune posts a story about ethics in journalism built around a brief description of Waugh’s novel Scoop: …As serious as the news is, a few laughs can’t hurt. You’re in for a lot of laughs in the 1938 … Continue reading →

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Pinfold’s Voices

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Yuexi Liu has written an essay on Waugh’s 1957 novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. This is included in the latest issue of Modernist Cultures (No. 15/2, 2020) published by the Edinburgh University Press. Here is the abstract: Waugh’s last … Continue reading →

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“Helena” Memoir in The Tablet

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of The Tablet has what is essentially a memoir by Sara Haslam of her experiences in editing Waugh’s novel Helena. The book was published earlier this month in the UK and will be published in early January … Continue reading →

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Link to Virtual Book Launch of Helena

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project has posted a recording of the virtual book launch last week for their edition of Helena.  For those who missed the live version, here’s the link: https://lboro.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=44cc1f86-8d30-41a3-a6a3-ac71008f938b For a summary, see earlier post. … Continue reading →

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Remembrance Sunday/Armistice Day Roundup

Posted on November 14, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–In another article about the proposed new Brideshead TV series, Alexander Larman wonders whether there might not be more deserving works of Waugh for adaptation. This is published in the latest issue of The Critic. After noting that it will … Continue reading →

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Helena Book Launch

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

A virtual book launch was convened yesterday for the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh edition of his novel Helena. The executive editors of CWEW both participated, with Barbara Cooke introducing and presiding over the proceedings and Martin Stannard providing an … Continue reading →

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Memoir of “The Loot”

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

David Platzer has written a memoir of his acquaintanceship with Stuart Preston who was well known during his military service days among Waugh and his friends in WWII London. The memoir, entitled “A Sergeant Abroad”, appears in the latest issue … Continue reading →

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A Biography and A Portrait

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Waugh scholar and EW Society member Ann Pasternak Slater has written a new book relating to a writer Waugh admired but knew only slightly. This is a biography of T S Eliot’s wife Vivien. The book is reviewed by Brian … Continue reading →

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Rosalind Morrison (More)

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Australian literary magazine Quadrant has posted a story by Mark McGinness which provides more details about the life of Rosalind Morrison who died recently at the age of 74. See previous post. He explains among other things her connection … Continue reading →

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