Yearly Archives: 2025

Early August Roundup

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–Novelist Dan Fesperman in LitHub.com discusses five novels which are set in realistic but imaginary places. One of those is Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop: …Waugh’s skewering of Fleet Street, published in 1938, is set in the East Africa nation of Ishmaelia, … Continue reading →

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EWS No. 55.3 Winter 2024-25

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest edition of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies has been distributed. Here is the message of the Society’s Secretary Jamie Collinson that accompanied the distribution: The latest Evelyn Waugh Studies – edition 55.3 – is ready for your reading pleasure. … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Compilations, Conferences, Croatia and Cover Art

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–A profile of author David Pryce-Jones has been posted on the website Onward and Upward. This is written by Jay Nordlinger and is a well-written, concise survey of Pryce-Jones’s life and works. Here’s an excerpt: …Over the years, I have … Continue reading →

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Satire Gets Some Attention

Posted on July 17, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–Ferdinand Mount is interviewed in a recent edition of The Times newspaper. This is reported by Johanna Thomas-Corr. Here is an excerpt in which Mount discusses his latest novel: The Pentecost Papers, Mount’s 29th book and 14th novel, is focused … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Fogeys and their Habitat

Posted on July 12, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–The religious journal First Things in its current edition (August/September) has a feature length article entitled ‘Waugh Against the Fogeys’. This is written by Jaspreet Singh Boparai. Here are the opening paragraphs: On June 17, 1953, the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper … Continue reading →

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4th of July (USA) Roundup

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–The most interesting item this week is a short essay posted on the literary website Dappled Things by Geoffrey Smagasz. This is called “Orphans of the Storm” and is based on the chapter of that name in Waugh’s novel Brideshead … Continue reading →

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End-of-June Roundup

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

—The Times newspaper has a story by Magnus Linklater about the recent gift of a substantial book collection to the charity Christian Aid in Edinburgh. Here are some excerpts: …Among the books collected over a lifetime by Halla Beloff, senior … Continue reading →

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Summer Solstice Roundup

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–Literary journalist and novelist D J Taylor has a review in the 21 June 2025 edition of The Spectator. This relates to a new book by Nicola Wilson entitled Recommended! The Influencers Who Changed How We Read where she discusses … Continue reading →

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Simon J. James (1950-2025) R.I.P.

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

Duncan McLaren has advised that literary scholar Prof. Simon J James died earlier this week. He was active in the EWS and was editor of the Decline and Fall volume of the  OUP’s Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. This would be … Continue reading →

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Juneteenth Roundup

Posted on June 18, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–This week’s Sunday Telegraph has an article entitled “The books that every 16-year-old boy should be reading.” This included short selections by several writers, including Simon Heffer who recommends Waugh’s Decline and Fall: When I was 16 and thinking of … Continue reading →

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