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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Waugh’s Scarf
The Croatian newspaper Jutarnji Vijesti (Morning News) published in Zagreb has a longish article about Waugh’s career in Yugoslavia in WWII and his connections with that country afterwards. The story opens with a description of a silk scarf on display in Rijeka. This … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, World War II
Tagged aviator scarf, Croatia, Jutarnji Vijesti, Yugoslavia
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Evelyn Waugh, Cigar Lover (more)
Waugh is frequently quoted on the enjoyment of Havana cigars, but the source of this quote has eluded your correspondent: “The most futile and disastrous day seems well spent when it is reviewed through the blue, fragrant smoke of a … Continue reading
Vile Bodies Again Cited as One of Funniest Books
Esquire (Middle East edition) has published its list of the top 20 funniest books less than a week after the Guardian issued its choices for the top 14. See earlier post. Vile Bodies is on both lists, joining Three Men in … Continue reading
Posted in Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Esquire magazine
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Waugh’s Ear Trumpet on Auction
One of Waugh’s ear trumpets will be auctioned on March 30 along with several books and letters from a collection which is being sold off. The auctioneer is Forum Auctions, but the catalogue is not yet available online. According to … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Chattels & Movables, Items for Sale, Newspapers
Tagged Antiques Trade Gazette, ear trumpets, Forum Auctions
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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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