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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Waugh and the “Inner Toff”
Author and journalist James Delingpole, writing in this week’s Spectator in an essay entitled “How I learned to embrace my inner toff,” cites Waugh as a precedent in defense of his reaction to certain recent changes in life style. Delingpole acquired … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Twitter
Tagged James Delingpole, The Spectator
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Waugh Cited in Announcement of Erle Stanley Gardner Book
The New York Times in a recent books column has announced the publication of a long forgotten book by Erle Stanley Gardner. This was written in 1939 as the second in his series of books featuring the detectives Bertha Cool and Donald … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Letters, Newsletter, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Erle Stanley Gardner, New York Times
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Tony Last on Fifth Avenue
In a recent post on his weblog, political commentator, enemy of political correctness and general iconoclast Taki Theodoracopulos (sometime contributor to the Spectator) has conjured up the image of Tony Last from Waugh’s novel A Handful of Dust among the anti-Trump protestors … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Humo(u)r
Tagged Taki Theodoracopulos, Taki's Magazine
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Goodbye to More of All That
In the Guardian’s ongoing series of the “100 Best Nonfiction Books,” its latest selection is Goodbye to All That, Robert Graves’ memoir of his WWI experiences and early life. The Guardian describes the book’s depiction of the war as an: irreverent, comic, and … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged Best 100 Nonfiction Books, Guardian, Robert Graves, Robert McCrum
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Wodehouse Redeemed
Today’s Observer has a story by Robert McCrum attributing to an acquisition of the British Library the final act by the British Government in its redemption of the reputation of P G Wodehouse: …The Observer can now reveal that [Wodehouse’s] lifetime of literary … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Newspapers, Research
Tagged Archives, British Library, Observer newspaper, P.G.Wodehouse
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Combe Florey, Pevsner and the Waughs
In a recent article in the Guardian, literary journalist Ian Jack pays homage to the late Nikolaus Pevsner on the occasion of completion of the work he began in the 1950s. This occurred with the publication of the final volume of the Buildings of Scotland, … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Combe Florey, Newspapers
Tagged Nikolaus Pevsner, Penguin Guides
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Grammarian Names Waugh Favorite Writer
British writer and grammarian Lynne Truss has named Evelyn Waugh her favorite writer. This is in an interview in today’s “One Minute With…” column in the i Newspaper, as reposted on PressReader. Truss is probably best known for her 2003 book Eats, Shoots … Continue reading
Posted in Audiobooks, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged i (newspaper), Lynne Truss, Michael Maloney
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Waugh’s Books Ranked in Fashion Magazine Lists
Stylist magazine is a weekly print publication with free distribution within the UK. It has a books column which specializes in listing books in categories thought to be of interest to or likely to amuse its audience of young women. A recent … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Stylist magazine
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Judge Turns Novelist, Citing Waugh
The Nottingham Post reports the story of a retiring judge who has published a novel. This is entitled Blackmail, which is about a robbery by a group of professional criminals, and is written by former judge of the Nottingham Crown Court, … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Television Programs
Tagged Michael Stokes, Nottingham Post
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Waugh at Thanksgiving Table
The San Diego Reader, a weekly alternative print newspaper, has an article imagining a Thanksgiving dinner at which Evelyn Waugh is one of the guests. The others are: writer and critic H.L. Mencken, Pogo Possum, Roman emperor Claudius, writer and … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged H L Mencken, San Diego Reader, Thanksgiving
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