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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Bank Holiday (UK) Roundup
–The New Statesman has posted an article about the influence of the General Strike on British history. This is by Alwyn W. Turner and is entitled “When Britain fought for revolution.” Here are the opening paragraphs: A century on and … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Festivals, Miscellaneous, Newspapers
Tagged Financial Times, New Statesman, The Guardian
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End-of-the-Month Roundup
–The website Books Worth Reading has posted a brief, unsigned article entitled “Evelyn Waugh v. Modern Therapy Culture”. It opens with a discussion of Dostoyevsky’s works in which the characters seemed overwhelmed by what would now be considered mental health … Continue reading
Mark Gerson, Photographer (1921-2026) R.I.P.
Mark Gerson, who photographed Waugh and his family at two sessions in 1959 and 1963, has died at the age of 104, according to the Daily Telegraph. These sessions took place at the family home in Combe Florey. They are … Continue reading
Roundup: Scoop Abides
–A religious journal in Australia has posted an article marking the 60th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death. This is by Michael Cook in The Catholic Weekly. Here’s an excerpt: …Waugh’s novels of the 20s and 30s portrayed the lives of … Continue reading
Tax Day (U.S.) Roundup
–The Daily Telegraph has posted an article by Juliette Bretan entitled “To understand the world today, read books from 100 years ago.” The examples she offers are several books by Evelyn Waugh. Here are the introductory paragraphs: Just prior to … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Lectures, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, The Catholic Thing
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60th Anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s Death: 10 April 1966
Several papers have posted remembrances of the anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death 60 years ago on 10 April 1966. Here are excerpts from the best two. –The one by Alexander Larman appeared in the Daily Telegraph and was reposted in … Continue reading
Easter Roundup
–Jack Trotter has posted an essay on Waugh’s work in Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. This is entitled “Remembering Evelyn Waugh: Satirist and Defender of Moral Order.” It opens with this: Evelyn Waugh was the 20th century’s finest satirist … Continue reading
Palm Sunday Roundup
–The BBC has added several Waugh-related programs. Most notably, the BBC Four TV channel will air a TV rebroadcast of two programs on 9 April. These include the theatrical film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, first broadcast on BBC in 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Film, Interviews, Newspapers, Television, Theater, Vile Bodies
Tagged Amsterdam News, BBC, Hay Festival, The Observer
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Late March Roundup
–The religious/political website First Things has reposted its 1993 review of Martin Stannard’s two-volume biography of Evelyn Waugh. This is by George Weigel who opens the review with this: Many great novelists have had intricate, even prickly, personalities. But in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Biographies, Interviews
Tagged First Things, FlashBak.com
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St Patrick’s Day Roundup
–The Sydney Morning Herald has an article about the “co-authored novel”. This is written by Drew Turney and opens with this: Evelyn Waugh is credited with saying “I never can understand how two men can write a book together. To … Continue reading
