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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Party Time: Vile Bodies and Bruno Hat
The anticipation of New Year’s Eve parties inspired media references to Vile Bodies. In an entertainment news blog (Salon.com), several memorable party scenes from films were recalled. The opening scene from Stephen Fry’s film adaptation of the novel (retitled as Bright … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Film, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Bruno Hat, Jot101, Patrick Balfour, Salon.com, Tages-Anzeiger
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El Mundo Writes of Sybille Bedford’s Debt to Waugh
A Spanish-language article in the daily newspaper El Mundo published in Madrid relates the story of author Sybille Bedford’s struggle to start her writing career. This did not begin until she was in her 40s. She was born in Germany into a half Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged El Mundo, Sybille Bedford, The Legacy
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Letter to Times Cites Waugh Defense of Wodehouse
In a letter to The Times (headed “Wodehouse’s World”) arising from reports of the archiving of the papers of P G Wodehouse at the British Library (see earlier post), a reader has added Evelyn Waugh to the list of those who … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Newspapers, Radio Programs, World War II
Tagged P G Wodehsose, The Times
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New Year Greetings via Evelyn Waugh in GQ
GQ magazine includes a quote from Evelyn Waugh in its New Year’s greeting article by Scott Meslow (“Champagne is an Anytime Drink”): Here is the best time to drink Champagne: whenever. Throwing a dinner party? Keep a nice bottle of … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Champagne, GQ, Scott Meslow, Vogue
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Waugh Dramatization Slotted for Spring Transmission
The Times has announced a list of outstanding TV dramas scheduled to air in the New Year. Among them is the adaptation of Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall to be broadcast in the Spring. (See earlier posts.) Here’s The Times’ description: … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, The Times
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More Waughs Than One
Daisy Waugh, novelist and journalist, is interviewed on the writers’ website Litopia. She is the daughter of Auberon and grand daughter of Evelyn and has written several books, both fiction and nonfiction. In the interview she discusses her latest offerings in both … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, Litopia, The Week
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Actor Peter Davison Names Waugh Novel Among Favorites
In the Daily Express, British actor Peter Davison lists Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall among his favorite books: It is the book that got me into reading. I didn’t really read at school but once I became an actor and … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Exoress, Peter Davison
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WSJ Traces Etymology of “Scoop”
The Wall Street Journal has an article in which it traces the origin of the word “scoop” and its application to a journalistic coup where one reporter gets his story out ahead of the others who are (or should be) … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Jimmy Weiskopf, The City Paper (Bogota), Wall Street Journal, Woody Allen
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Author Richard Adams Dies at 96
Richard Adams who is best known for his first novel, Watership Down, has died at the age of 96. The book is about rabbits and was derived from stories he had told his children, but it was also based on his own experience … Continue reading
Posted in Men at Arms, Newspapers, Vile Bodies, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, International Business Times, New York Times, Orlando Sentinel, Richard Adams, Watership Down
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Waugh and the New American Racists
An article in the Mexican newspaper El Economista addresses the deveopment of a new form of racism in the United. After years of melting together, as immigrants came in from the south to join those already there from Europe, Africa … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Remote People
Tagged El Economista, Mexico, Politics
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