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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Dramatist of WWII Yugoslavia Profiled
The Islington Tribune has published a profile of playwright James Hugh Macdonald. He has written a play called Happy Warriors based on the experience of Evelyn Waugh and Randolph Churchill in wartime Yugoslavia. (See previous posts.): James Hugh Macdonald, a … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Theater, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Islington Tribune, James Hugh Macdonald, Maurice Bowra, Plum Sykes
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Roundup: Six Novelists, Two of them Waughs
Maclean’s magazine has published an interview of Tom Rachman on the occsaion of the publication of a new novel, his third. This is entitled The Italian Teacher: “about an artist trying to find himself in the shadow of his painter … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, A Little Learning, Alec Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged Alfred Duggan, Allan Massie, Catholic Herald, D.J.Taylor, Maclean's, Powells Books, TLS, Tom Rachman, VisitBritain.com
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Powell and Betjeman in Oxford; Greene in September
The Anthony Powell Society has announced that it will hold a conference in late summer at Merton College in Oxford. The subject will be Anthony Powell and the Visual Arts and the dates are Friday 31 August to Sunday 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Conferences, Evelyn Waugh, Events, Oxford
Tagged Anthony Powell Society, Graham Greene Birthplace Trust, John Betjeman Society
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Evelyn Waugh on BBC’s “Evil Genius” Podcast
BBC has posted the episode of comedian Russell Kane’s “Evil Genius” podcast series that features a consideration of Evelyn Waugh. The idea is to have a panel decide whether each episode’s subject was more evil or more genius. Previous episodes … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Evelyn Waugh, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Podcasts, Russell Kane
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Julia’s Meltdown and Church Unity
In the latest issue of the Roman Catholic journal Commonweal, there is a review of a book called To Change the Church by Ross Douthat, the conservative commentator on the New York Times. The review is entitled “A Precarious Unity?” and … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Commonweal, divorce, Paul Baumann, Ross Douthat
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Waughs: Comedy and Fitness
An article has been posted entitled “Evelyn Waugh’s Comic Muse in Scoop”. This is by Dr Robert Hickson and is available on the weblog Catholicism.org. The article opens with the posting of Waugh’s introduction to the 1963 edition of Scoop … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop, Waugh Family
Tagged catholicism.org, Daily Mail, Daisy Waugh, Dr. Robert Hickson, fitness
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Yes, You Have No Bananas
The Toronto Globe and Mail has an opinion article entitled: “Shakespeare’s children: Should artists have kids?” This is by writer Tom Rachman (best known for his novel The Imperfectionists) and opens with this: After years of grey deprivation during the … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged bananas, Tom Rachman, Tornoto Globe & Mail
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Waugh Exhibit in Hampstead Museum
The Hampstead Museum at Burgh House has announced the opening of a small exhibit “on the landing” relating to Evelyn Waugh. Here’s a description from the museum’s website: Evelyn Waugh, the distinguished twentieth century writer, grew up in North End Road, on … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Events, Hampstead, Waugh Family
Tagged Alan Walker, Basil Bourchier, Hampstead Museum at Burgh House
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Brideshead: Crime Story, Aesthetes and a Scientist
The second season of the TV series American Crime Story is nearing its end on the FX cable channel in the USA. It has just begun on BBC and has reached Episode 3 this week. It is entitled the Assassination … Continue reading
Hard Cases: Drugs and Reality
The Spanish magazine Historia y Vida based in Barcelona has an article this month about Brenda Dean Paul. She was a member of the bright young people, and the story by Eva Melús connects her with Waugh’s novels of the … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Brenda Dean Paul, Catholic World Report, Historia y Vida, Madeleine L'Engle
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