Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley

Rock Band Named “Flyte” to Issue First Album

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A London-based rock band calling itself “Flyte” is about to issue its first album called “The Loved Ones.” Their guitarist Will Taylor has explained the band’s literary associations in an interview by Robin Murray on the website of Clash magazine: Q: … Continue reading →

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CWEW Diaries Volume Previewed in Sunday Times

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Sunday Times becomes the first paper to preview a volume of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. The first four of these will be published at the beginning of September, in less than two week’s time. One of those … Continue reading →

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Waugh Events Announced

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

There will be a panel on Evelyn Waugh at the Blenheim Palace Festival of Literature, Film & Music in October. This will consist of Paula Byrne, Alex Preston and Justine Picardie who will discuss the life and loves of Evelyn Waugh … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Catholics and the Last Altar Boy

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In the Roman Catholic news website cruxnow.com there is an article by Fr Dwight Longenecker about various nostalgic tendencies within the church: … conservative Catholics long for a pre-Conciliar Church of the Latin Mass and old devotions. Liberals often dream of a return … Continue reading →

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Half an Hour with Evelyn Waugh

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

One of our readers and a member of the EWS kindly submitted the report below of her recent Waugh-themed visit to Castle Howard in North Yorkshire. Half an Hour with Evelyn Waugh: ‘Brideshead Scenes Revisited’ at Castle Howard by Milena … Continue reading →

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Penguin Classic Brideshead Gets New Cover

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Penguin UK has reissued the Penguin Modern Classics paperback edition of Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited with a new cover. This is part of a redesign of this line of books adopted earlier this year: In 2017, the [Penguin Modern Classics] series … Continue reading →

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Virginia’s Little Problem

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

An article on the anti-abortion website LifeSite News considers descriptions of abortions in literature and notes, not surprisingly, that most of them are rather down beat. This is written by Jonathan Van Maren and is entitled “There are no happy … Continue reading →

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Powell Lecture to be Given by Alexander Waugh

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The annual lecture of the Anthony Powell Society will be given this December by Alexander Waugh at the Travellers Club in Pall Mall, London. Here’s a copy of the AP Society’s announcement: Anthony Powell Lecture Wavian Reactions to Anthony Powell to be … Continue reading →

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New Novels with Wavian Undercurrents

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Two new novels have been credited in reviews with having been influenced by the writings of Evelyn Waugh. In the Spectator, Elizabeth Day’s fourth novel The Party is described in a review by Helen Brown as beginning with the hero’s Arriving at … Continue reading →

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Alan Hollinghurst on Henry Green (and Evelyn Waugh)

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Novelist Alan Hollinghurst has reviewed several of Henry Green’s novels (the first six, I believe) in New York Review of Books. This is in connection with the republication of Green’s books by the NYRB’s book subsidiary. In addition to the … Continue reading →

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