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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
“Happy Warriors” Reviewed
The play now running at the Upstairs at the Gatehouse Theatre in Highgate involving Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill in WWII Yugoslavia has been reviewed in London Theatre 1. The review is by Loretta Monaco and is, on the whole, … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, London, Theater, World War II
Tagged Happy Warriors, London Theatre 1, Loretta Monaco, Randolph Churchill
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“Mr Waugh’s Cities” Posted on Internet
A link to Prof Frank Kermode’s essay from Encounter magazine for November 1960 has been posted on the internet. This is entitled “Mr Waugh’s Cities” and is about Waugh’s views on religion as reflected in his fiction up to The … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Useful Links
Tagged Encounter magazine, Frank Kermode, Unz Review
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Travelers’ Waugh
Evelyn Waugh was well known as a travel writer and two foreign newspapers have cited his work in their recent travel columns. In the Kenyan newspaper, Daily Nation, columnist John Fox pulled out an old, unread copy of Waugh’s last … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Castle Howard, Daily Nation, Die Welt, Kenya
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Roundup: A Legacy, a Plaque, 2 Lists and a Mystery
British Heritage Travel Magazine has published a profile of Alexander Waugh entitled “A Legacy Revisited”. This is by Stephen G and is datelined 29 March 2018. It opens with a brief summary of the ongoing difficulties of securing and restoring … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Alexander Waugh, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, London, Men at Arms, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged British Heritage Travel Magazine, Canonbury Society Newsletter, Entertainment Weekly, Gay Kamasutra, Hollywood novels, Islington, ShortList.com, war novels
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Waugh Watering Holes in the News
Two pubs associated with Evelyn Waugh’s life in the 1920-30s have recently been in the news: the Abingdon Arms in Beckley, Oxon., and the Fair View Inn in Llanddulas, North Wales. In one case the news is good, in the … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Events, Newspapers, Oxford, Remote People, Vile Bodies, Wales
Tagged Abingdon Arms Beckley, Daily Post, Fair View Inn, JustGiving.com, Llanddulas (North Wales)
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Histories: A Movement and a Prize
This week’s issue of the National Review contains a brief article assessing the status of William F Buckley’s conservative movement 10 years after his death. This is by Charles Correll III and begins by defining the questions faced today by … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Men at Arms, Newspapers
Tagged Charles Correll III, Conservatism, James Tait Black Prize, National Review, The Scotsman
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Brideshead Actress Dies in France
Actress Stéphane Audran who played Cara in the 1981 Granada TV production of Brideshead Revisited has died in France at the age of 85. She was married at one time to new wave film director Claude Chabrol and at another, … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, London, Newspapers
Tagged Brunel University London, Country Houses, Daily Express, Shakespeare, Spear's magazine, Stephane Audran, Vogue, weddings
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Waugh-Themed Visit to Campion Hall
One of our contributors (Milena Borden) made a visit last week to Campion Hall in Oxford. Here is her report: The Secretary, Sarah Grey, arranged an appointment for me with Professor Peter Davidson who is the Senior Research Fellow and … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Catholicism, Edmund Campion, Oxford
Tagged Campion Hall Oxford, Peter Davidson
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Waugh Biographer Target of Poison Pen
Paula Byrne, is well known in this parish for her 2009 “partial life” of Waugh, Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead. She has also appeared and submitted papers at two Waugh conferences, one of which was notably presented in … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Daily Mail, Jonathan Bate, Paula Byrne, poison pen letters, Richard Brook, Sunday Times
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