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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Evelyn Waugh, Stylist
One of our readers has sent an excerpt from a 2014 book by literary critic Terry Eagleton (How to Read Literature) that compares the writing style of Evelyn Waugh to that of John Updike. In both cases samples are taken … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Tactical Exercise
Tagged John Updike Society, Terry Eagleton, William Faulkner
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Evelyn Waugh at the National Trust, Edinburgh Festival and Houston,TX
Evelyn Waugh is appearing all over the place in today’s media reports: In the internet newspaper iNews, there is a story about problems being rained upon the National Trust, one of Britain’s once most beloved institutions. The Trust are the stewards of … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Al Murray, Edinburgh Festival, Houston TX, iNews, Letters Live, National Trust, The American Conservative, Waugh Drive Bridge
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Eating People is Still Wrong
Andrew Donaldson writing in his column in the South African newspaper The Weekend Argus discusses the current status of cannibalism. This article, written with tongue firmly in cheek, was inspired by recent expressions of concern among South African politicians about … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Evelyn Waugh, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged Andrew Donaldson, cannibalism, The Weekend Argus
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Waugh in Brazil and in National Review
The Milan newspaper Il Foglio carries an article in Italian by Marco Archetti about Evelyn Waugh’s 1934 travel book Ninety-Two Days. After a quote from the book and some biographical background, Archetti explains the trip to Brazil: One cannot know … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days
Tagged Boa Vista, Ernest Hemingway, Il Foglio, Marco Archetti, National Review, Terry Teachout
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Scoop Abides
The Spectator has reviewed the latest novel by Ned Beauman with a nod to Evelyn Waugh. The title of the novel (Madness is Better than Defeat) itself implies a certain amount of irony and the remote foreign setting will resonate with … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged 20 Minutos, Ned Beauman, Regina Exlibris, Spectator
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Oxford Mail Surveys Complete Works
The Oxford Mail has published a feature length article on the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. The project will launch next month with the publication of four volumes, including Precious Waughs, the first of 12 volumes of “personal writings.” These … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alexander Waugh, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Oxford Mail, Oxford University Press
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The Loved One in Gay Hollywood; D&F in the Antipodes
The Intro and “Outro” discussions of the film version of The Loved One from the recent broadcast on the Turner Classic Movies cable channel have been posted on YouTube. Appearing are Dave Karger from TCM and writer William J Mann. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Film, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged BBC, Eva Longoria, Gay Hollywood, John Gielgud, Rod Steiger, The Spinoff, Turner Classic Movies, YouTube
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Handful, Oxford and North End Road
Author Gill Hornby in her Daily Mail column takes up the literary genre of expat novels. This is in response to two of her children expatriating themselves: We Brits didn’t only build the model for expat life, we’ve also provided its … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, A Little Learning, Academia, Diaries, Hampstead, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Christ Church, Daily Mail, expat novels, Gill Hornby, Hertford College, North End Road, TomWinnifrigh.com, YouTube
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