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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Late Winter Roundup
–The Daily Mail has posted some excerpts from the new and unexpurgated edition of the diaries of Chips Channon. Two of these new entries involve comments of Channon about Evelyn Waugh: Evelyn Waugh – Sunday, December 16, 1934 Lunch was … Continue reading
Brideshead 2008 Film Adaptation on BBC2
The Times has posted in its TV listings the following notice about the broadcast of the 2008 film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. This will take place today (Sa 27 Feb 2021) at 225 GMT: BBC2, 2.25pm The reaction to Julian … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC2
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Chips Channon Diaries Booklaunch
The Heywood Hill Bookshop in Mayfair London has organized a webinar in connection with the upcoming publication of the unexpurgated diaries of politician and gossip “Chips” Channon. Here are the details from The Oldie magazine: Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries … Continue reading
Posted in Discussions, Events
Tagged Chips Channon, Heywood Hill Books, Simon Heffer
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Washington’s Birthday Roundup
–Last week’s Sunday Telegraph reviews a new book by Simon Fenwick entitled The Crichel Boys. This is about a post-WWII literary salon established in a house that was formerly the rectory of Long Crichel, Dorset. This was purchased by Eddy … Continue reading
Wilfred Thesiger Profiled in “The Article”
Biographer Jeffrey Meyers has written a profile of pre-eminent British travel writer Wilfred Thesiger. This is posted in the online literary journal The Article. Meyers begins by recalling his 1979 interview of Thesiger in the latter’s London apartment. He notes … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Newspapers, Remote People, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Jeffrey Meyers, The Article, Wilfred Thesiger
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Waugh-Themed Radio Drama Posted
The 2003 radio broadcast of an audio-play entitled “Saint Graham and Saint Evelyn, Pray for Us” was posted on the internet earlier this month. This was written by literary critic and radio-TV presenter Mark Lawson. It was originally broadcast in … Continue reading
Italian Version of A Little Learning
Evelyn Waugh’s autobiography A Little Learning will come out in an Italian edition next week. This is entitled Autobiografia di un perdigiorno (Autobiography of an Idler). Here is a translated excerpt of a review in Il Giornali by Stenio Solinas … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Biographies, Newspapers
Tagged Il Giornali, Italian Translation, Mario Fortunato, Stenio Solinas
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Pre-Valentine Roundup
–The Spanish newspaper El Periodico announces the issuance of a Catalan translation of Brideshead Revisited; Sebastian and Charles burst into the kitchen, in love like penguins, to share in the bombshell news that Viena Edicions has just published in Catalan … Continue reading
Naim Attallah: 1931-2021 R I P
The publisher and author Naim Attallah died in London earlier this week. His obituary was posted today by the Daily Telegraph: Naim Attallah, who has died aged 89, was a Palestinian-born entrepreneur who enjoyed a lucrative business career, notably with … Continue reading
