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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Lost Girls (More)
Waugh biographer Paula Byrne has reviewed DJ Taylor’s new book Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature 1939-1951. This appears in today’s Times newspaper. Byrne stresses that the book is as much or more about Cyril Connolly as it is about … Continue reading
80th Anniversary of Nazi/Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Marked
The French news website Contrepoints has reposted a 2014 article by British journalist and politician Daniel Hannan (“The biggest success of the left: to forget the German-Soviet pact”). The article was written on the occasion of the 75th of the … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Contrepoints, Daniel Hannan
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Dog Days Roundup
–Musician Johnny Greenwood, composer and lead guitarist of the veteran rockband Radiohead, was recently interviewed by the Times newspaper. In answer to their request to identify his favorite writer he again named Evelyn Waugh and declared Sword of Honour as … Continue reading
New Study of Wartime Literary London Reviewed
The Sunday Times reviews the new book about Wartime and Postwar London by D J Taylor. This is entitled Lost Girls and will be issued in London early next month. A January 2020 publication date in the USA is planned. … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged D.J.Taylor, James Carey, The Sunday Times
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War Novels Revival
William Boyd writing in the Daily Telegraph reviews the first four books in a new series published by the Imperial War Museum. These are notable novels from WWII that have been relatively neglected. See previous post. Boyd opens his review … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Imperial War Museum, William Boyd
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Waugh in the North
Three country houses in the north of England, all with Waugh connections, are about to hold events that may be of interest: –This weekend at Stonyhurst College, a Jesuit boarding school in Lancashire, there will be a Festival of Literature … Continue reading
William Boyd’s Library Tour
The Southbank Centre, which hosts numerous cultural events in London–mostly music and art but also including sponsorship of the London Literature Festival, are posting short videos of various writers offering tours of their libraries. The first of these involves novelist … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Collections
Tagged Southbank Centre, William Boyd
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Homage from Catalonia
An article in the Barcelona newspaper El País (“Existió otro mundo“/ “The series of my life”) pays homage to the 1981 Granada TV series of Brideshead Revisited. The article is written by Carles Geli who recalls seeing the Spanish TV broadcast … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Carles Geli, El Pais
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Roundup: Waugh on Wine and More
–Literary critic and novelist A N Wilson writing in the Daily Mail has reviewed the recent reprint of Auberon Waugh’s book Waugh on Wine. According to Wilson: Celebrated author and journalist Auberon Waugh was an iconoclast, a political maverick and wine … Continue reading
Biography of a Poem: W H Auden’s “September 1, 1939”
The Times has a review of a new book by Ian Sansom in its “Book of the Week” column. This is a “biography” of W H Auden’s poem “September 1, 1939” soon to celebrate its 80th birthday. The review by … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags
Tagged The Times, W H Auden
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