Monthly Archives: April 2024

May Day Roundup

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–In a recent report of the results of a football match between Manchester City and Real Madrid, the Guardian’s reporter Barney Ronay brings an Evelyn Waugh character into the discussion. Here’s the opening: It turns out Pep Guardiola was right … Continue reading →

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2023 Academic Papers

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

The following academic papers with Evelyn Waugh in their titles appeared during calendar 2023. Abstracts have been included where available: –Victoria Fernandez Ruiz, “Metaphorical value in the metaphor of conversion: The sacred and profane memories of Capt. Charles Ryder in … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Schoolmaster Novelists

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–Literary biographer Jeffrey Meyers writing in TheArticle.com describes the early 20th Century school teaching careers of four English novelists. Here are the opening paragraphs: Aspiring writers have often tried their hand at teaching.  They have usually assumed that it would … Continue reading →

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Tax Day (U.S.) Roundup

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–A review of the recent Netflix film entitled Scoop appears in The Hollywood Reporter and several other papers. It is written by Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell and opens with this: Scoop is a dramatized feature about the BBC’s Newsnight team … Continue reading →

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Mark McGinness Notes Anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s Death

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

The Australian literary critic Mark McGinness has published an article in The Oldie that commemorates the 58th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death on 10 April 1966. Here are the opening paragraphs: Twenty years ago, Alexander Waugh wrote a brilliant collective … Continue reading →

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75th Anniversary of “American Epoch” Commemorated

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

Kenneth Craycraft writing in the religious journal Our Sunday Visitor notes that this year is the 75th anniversary of the publication of Waugh’s article in Life Magazine (19 September 1949) entitled “The American Epoch of the Catholic Church.” This followed … Continue reading →

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