Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley

Valentines Day Roundup

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The BBC has reposted a 2022 episode of its art series Fake or Fortune. This involves a drawing said to be by the painter Modigliani that was owned by Waugh’s friend Sacheverell Sitwell (brother of Edith and Osbert). Here’s an … Continue reading →

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Groundhog Day Roundup

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

—The American Spectator has posted a story that analogizes an American political phenomenon to an Evelyn Waugh novel. Here are the opening paragraphs of the story entitled “The Heartbreak of the Brideshead Republicans” by Karl Pfefferkorn: If you are a … Continue reading →

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End of January Roundup

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The BBC has reported an exhibit that may be of interest: Much-loved teddy bears with their own unique stories have gone on public display. The cuddly toys are part of a new exhibition at the council-owned Oxfordshire Museum, in Woodstock, … Continue reading →

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Bloomsbury Announces Two New Waugh-Related Books

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

Bloomsbury Books in London has announced the upcoming issuance of two new books with substantive Waugh content. The first is entitled the Bloomsbury Handbook of Modernist Archives.  This has the following article relating to the archives of Evelyn Waugh:  ‘Will … Continue reading →

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MLK Weekend Roundup

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The independent book publisher Sutherland House has posted a brief article entitled “Why Waugh Drank”. This is by Kenneth Whyte and begins with a quote from Waugh’s diary (8 Dec 1924, pp. 189-90) about a drink-fueled Oxford day spent in … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Podcast, Public Domain and Plas Dulas

Posted on January 7, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The London Review of Books has announced its annual program of monthly literary podcasts for the coming year. This is called Close Readings. One of these wil focus on satire and will discuss, inter alia, Evelyn Waugh’s early novel A … Continue reading →

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New Issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies Posted

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

A new issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies, the Society’s journal, has been posted. This is vol 54.2 (Autumn 2023). Here is the summary by the Society’s Secretary Jamie Collinson: I write to provide you with Evelyn Waugh Studies 54.2 which I can … Continue reading →

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New Years Roundup

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–The website LibraryThing.com has posted a review of the Folio Society editions of Black Mischief of which there have been three. Here’s the text: [Black Mischief] is a quite politically incorrect farce set in 1930 in the mythical country of … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2023 Roundup

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–An article posted by the Duke University Center for the Study of the Public Domain has announced that beginning in January 2024, some books written by Evelyn Waugh will be out of copyright protection in the United States. Here’s an … Continue reading →

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Society’s Secretary Interviewed on Literary Website

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

The literary and entertainment website Book and Film Globe earlier this week interviewed the Society’s Secretary Jamie Collinson. The interview entitled “Waugh in Our Time” is posted today. Here’s the introduction by interviewer Michael Washburn: Nearly six decades after his … Continue reading →

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