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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
A Tiger’s Dinner
An auction house in London has on offer a letter from Evelyn Waugh dated 4 December 1964 to Peter Luke, playwright and journalist. In it, Waugh apologizes for having written in A Little Learning that Luke’s grandfather, who was the father of … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Auctions, Lancing, Letters
Tagged Peter Luke, Rupert Fremlin
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Great Parties and Rock Concerts in Literature
A non-profit organization called Electric Literature, which supports writers and promotes literature, is holding its 2nd annual Genre Ball next week in New York City. In a promotional posting, they name what they deem to be the 11 greatest parties … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Vile Bodies
Tagged Electric Literature, Salem (Oregon) Weekly News
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Henry Green (More)
There has been more activity on the internet relating to the Henry Green revival. See earlier post. A blogger posting on cakesordeathsite.com has written a three-part article with illustrations that surveys most of Green’s books. He makes an interesting comparison with one … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Vile Bodies
Tagged Henry Green, New York Review Books, Nick Shepley
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Penguin UK Publish New Brideshead Hardback
Penguin UK is selling a new hardback edition of Brideshead Revisited that was published last week. This is in their Penguin Classics series but has a dust wrapper that differs from the uniform hardback Penguin Classics edition of Waugh’s books … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Penguin Books
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Mixed Results for Waugh in Imaginary Booker Prize Competitions
The results are in from the competition at the Cheltenham Literary Festival to determine which book would have won the Booker prize for the year 1945 had there been one. Brideshead Revisited was on the shortlist and its case was … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Miscellaneous, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Booker Prize, Cheltenham Literature Feastival, Gloucestershire Live, London Review Bookshop
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Waugh Article to Appear in Next Issue of Journal
The Space Between, an academic journal devoted to literature and culture in the interwar period, has announced the contents of its next issue. The lead article will be by Waugh scholar Naomi Milthorpe, who teaches at the University of Tasmania. The … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Bibliophilia, Conferences
Tagged Naomi Milthorpe, The Space Between, Waugh's library
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Waugh Cited in Press Interviews
Several recent unrelated newspaper interviews mention Evelyn Waugh in the context of the careers of those interviewed. In the Catholic Herald, historical novelist Robert Harris talks about his latest novel Conclave. This has as its setting the selection of a Pope. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers
Tagged Ashok Ferrey, Catholic Herald, Daily News (Sri Lanka), Evening Standard, Kim Jones, Omega Workshops, Robert Harris
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Anne Ford and Helena
Booksellers Peter Harrington have on offer a post card from Evelyn Waugh to Anne Ford. The message relates to US publication of Waugh’s novel Helena in 1950. Here’s the text and description from Harrington’s internet catalogue: A postcard inscribed by … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Helena
Tagged Anne Ford, Little Brown & Co
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Waugh Quoted in Times Article on Brexit
The Times for 11 October carries an article castigating those members of the Conservative Party who are now backing away from the anti-immigrant groundswell that carried the day for the Leave faction who led the campaign for Brexit. The unsigned … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Brexit, The Times
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