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Roundup (Hons and Chips)

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

–Novelist Amanda Craig writing in a recent Sunday Times article considers an unusual judgment in a recent terrorist case. The defendant was found to have downloaded nearly 70,000 pages of white supremacist material. The judge ordered him to instead spend … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Mitford: Grave Problems

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s friend Nancy Mitford is in the news relating to the publication in the USA of her biography by Laura Thompson, Life in a Cold Climate. See previous posts. The Wall Street Journal (10 January 2020) has a favorable review by … Continue reading →

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Socialites to Socialists: Inez Holden and Nancy Mitford

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

Two books in the news were written by or about two of Waugh’s friends and fellow writers: Inez Holden and Nancy Mitford. As explained in reviews of those books, both progressed from upper-class to left-wing political views: –Novelist and critic … Continue reading →

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Another Mitford Book

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Another biography of the Mitford girls is reviewed in the New York Times Book Review. They seem to be competing with Evelyn Waugh for the number of biographies published, but they have an advantage since there are six of them. This latest … Continue reading →

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