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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Lord Marchmain and a Secular Death
A scene from Brideshead features prominently in a post on the Oxford University Press weblog. This is by Wayne Glausser, Professor of English at De Pauw University. He was reminded of what he calls secular death by the recent passing … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Oxford University Press, Wayne Glausser
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A Naïve Domestic Little Unicorn
Writing in Forbes magazine, John Mariani surveys wine writing and finds that this is one area where inexperienced “experts” tend to bring too much imagination to bear on their work. He uses a scene from Brideshead Revisited to illustrate his … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Forbes magazine, James Mariani, James Thurber, New Yorker magazine, Wine
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Homeless in Mayfair
The religious website Aleteia reports the decision to erect a statue of a “Homeless Jesus” at a Roman Catholic church in Mayfair, London: The sculpture titled “Homeless Jesus” can be seen in several locations around the world, but none as … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, London, Waugh Family
Tagged Aleteia.com, Farm Street Church, Homeless Jesus
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Boa Vista in the News
Boa Vista, a remote city in northern Brazil, received considerable attention in Evelyn Waugh’s 1934 travel book Ninety-Two Days, as it was the furthest point reached on his trip from neighboring British Guiana. The city is again receiving attention as a … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days
Tagged Boa Vista, Brazil, New York Times, refugees, Venezuela
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Haphazard Dust-bins
Spanish novelist Imma Monsó has written an article inspired by the publication in Spanish of US novelist James Salter’s The Art of Fiction. Salter’s book is based on a series of 2014 lectures he gave at the University of Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged A Little Order, Daily Mail, Imma Monso, James Salter, La Vanguardia
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Roundup: Vile Media
The magazine GQ India had an article about Asian-based novels satirizing Asian-based rich people. This opens with a reference to one of Waugh’s novels: It is an unassailable truth that where there is money, a thinly veiled roman-à-clef documenting the … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Collections, Decline and Fall, Edmund Campion, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Catholic Herald, Gallery of Living Catholic Authors, GQ India, Guardian, New Statesman, University of Regina
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Latest EW Studies Features New Views of Brideshead
The latest issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies has been published (Number 48.3, Winter 2017). The lead article, Brideshead Rearranged: Charm, Grace, and Waugh’s Building of Worlds, by Grazie Sophia Christie, is the winner of the 2017 John … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Undergraduate Essay Contest, Work Suspended
Tagged Anthony Powell, David Fensome, Hilary Spurling
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Waugh Novels in a New “Trilogy”
In a paper posted on the website culturedvultures.com (described as “a community dedicated to helping writers of all experiences and backgrounds to have their work seen and read”), Huw Saunders proposes a new “trilogy” of books about Africa. Two of the books … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Black Mischief, Evelyn Waugh, Scoop
Tagged Africa, Frederick Forsyth, Huw Saunders, The Dogs of War
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TV Series Previewed: Like Trainspotting Written by Evelyn Waugh
The Sunday Times has an interview of Benedict Cumberbatch and a preview of his new Patrick Melrose TV series. Cumberbatch both produced the series and plays the leading role. The books were adapted for TV by David Nicholls who previously … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Edward St. Aubyn, Emily Temple, Literary Hub, Patrick Melrose Novels, Stuff.co.nz, World Book Day
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