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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Black Mischief on Surfer List
Evelyn Waugh’s 1932 novel Black Mischief is included on a list of recommended books that every surfer should read. This is on the surfing weblog beachgrit.com and is compiled by Chas Smith: Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh is the most awesome … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Humo(u)r, Put Out More Flags
Tagged BeachGrit.com, Chas Smith, Kenneth Clark, Kevin McMahon, LARB, Surfing
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Charles Ryder’s Outside-the-Book Experiences
Two postings make use of Charles Ryder’s experiences from Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited in contexts outside the structure of the novel. On a Roman Catholic weblog (Aleteia), Br. Silas Henderson is reminded, on the Feast Day of the Epiphany (6th January), of Charles’ experience … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged Feast of Epiphany, Manchester City FC, Newsweek.com, Premier League Football
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Penelope Betjeman and Helena
The Daily Telegraph has published an excerpt from a book about Penelope Betjeman, a close friend of Evelyn Waugh to whom he dedicated his historical novel Helena (1950). The book about Penelope (to be entitled Mrs Betjeman), is described as … Continue reading
Waugh Among the Funniest
The Guardian asked writers to name the funniest book they had read. The results are in today’s issue where the choices of 14 of those polled are reprinted. Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies was selected by another comic novelist David Lodge … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Society, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged David Lodge, Guardian, Jonathan Coe
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Don’t Call Me Evie
In an article in the latest Weekly Standard, essayist and frequent contributor Mr Joseph Epstein complains of the current habit of addressing complete strangers by their first names. He cites as an annoying example a recent reply email from the … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Joseph Epstein, manners, Weekly Standard
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Brideshead in the News: Charles, Sebastian and Celia
Jeremy Irons who portrayed Charles Ryder in the 1981 TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited was recently appointed Chancellor of Bath Spa University. He is the first person to occupy that position and was interviewed by Times Higher Education (THE) last month: … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Film, Lancing, Oxford, Television
Tagged Afar Magazine, Bath Spa University, BBC, Christmas blues, Emma John, Fr Angelo Geiger, Jeremy Irons, Queen Mary 2
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Milthorpe Article on Waugh Book Collection Published
An article by Waugh scholar Dr Naomi Milthorpe is published in the latest issue of the academic journal The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914-1945, v. 12 (2016). See earlier post. This is entitled: “A Secret House: Evelyn Waugh’s Book Collection.” … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Bibliophilia, Collections, Conferences
Tagged Naomi Milthorpe, The Space Between
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Evelyn Waugh, Secret Agent?
There have been two articles posted within the last month which suggest that Evelyn Waugh was, along with other writers of his generation, at some time during his career in the employ of the secret intelligence services. The first, written … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Graham Greene, Journalists and Espionage, The Morning Star, The Orwell Society
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Powell Society Visits Waugh’s Oxford
The latest issue of the Anthony Powell Society Newsletter (No. 65, Winter 2016) is largely devoted to reports of a visit to Oxford made by its members last September. The theme was “Oxford Day Out: AP and His Chums,” and inevitably … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Society, Oxford
Tagged Anthony Powell Society Newsletter, CRMF Cruttlwell, Hertford College, Robin Bynoe
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Waugh in the Public Domain (More)
The Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University Law School has posted a more detailed analysis of how the entry of Waugh’s works into the public domain will affect those countries such as Canada where that occurred yesterday. See earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Rossetti: His Life and Works
Tagged Center for the Study of the Public Domain, Copyright, Duke University Law School
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