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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Quick Delivery of A Little Order
A blogger living in London (blogging as Dickon Edwards) has posted an experience of brick and mortar booksellers becoming more competitive with their online counterparts: There are many reasons to buy books from bookshops rather than Amazon, but one is … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Diaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Letters, London, The Holy Places, When the Going Was Good
Tagged A Little Order, Dickon Edwards, Donat Gallagher
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Estate of Peter Waugh to be Auctioned
An auction house in the West of England has announced the sale of artworks from the estate of the late Peter Waugh (1938-2014). Peter was the third child of Alec Waugh with his second wife Joan Chirnside. Peter’s life was profiled … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Auctions, Items for Sale, Waugh Family, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged Busby's Auctioneers, Guardian, Peter Waugh
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Waugh, Catch-22 and the Demented Governess
Many of us will have read Waugh’s 1961 letter to Nina Bourne, who worked for US publisher Simon & Schuster. In the letter, Waugh politely and very humorously declines to give them a blurb promoting their new book Catch-22, the first novel … Continue reading
Posted in Humo(u)r, Letters, World War II
Tagged Catch-22, Nina Bourne, Robert Gottlieb
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Waugh Plaque Used in Property Promotion
A North London property promotion site has made prominent use of a photo of the English Heritage Blue Plaque on Evelyn Waugh’s family home (145 North End Road, NW11 7HT). This is Ham & High Properties promotional material for sales in … Continue reading
Posted in Hampstead, Letters, Waugh Family
Tagged English Heritage Blue Plaque, Golders Green, Ham & High Properties
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Waugh and Boredom
The Economist has posted on the website of its 1843 magazine an earlier article by one of its columnists, Adrian Wooldridge, entitled “Great Bores of Yore”. One of those discussed is Evelyn Waugh: Waugh was a great bore-baiter, never happier than … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Articles, Newspapers
Tagged Adrian Wooldridge, bores, Economist:1843
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Waugh, the Spokesman for Conservatism
William Voegeli, a visiting scholar at Claremont College, in an essay entitled “Liberalism and Civilization” published in The Blue Review takes Waugh as his spokesman for the conservative cause. The Blue Review is a peer-reviewed blog intended to promote the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Conservatism, Liberalism, The Blue Review, William Voegeli
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Waugh in China
Yesterday’s notice on new publications of Waugh’s books in Japanese translations made your correspondent wonder whether Waugh may be enjoying similar availability in other Asian languages. Chinese is easy enough to check because there is an Amazon.cn site selling books. From … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, A Little Learning, Bibliophilia, Black Mischief, Decline and Fall, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Chinese translations, Korean translations
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David Bradshaw (1955-2016) R.I.P.
The death has been announced of Professor David Bradshaw of Worcester College, University of Oxford. He was Professor of English Literature and author of The Hidden Huxley (1994). He edited and wrote the introduction to several novels, including the Penguin Modern Classics 2001 edition of … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Oxford
Tagged David Bradshaw
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Waugh in Oxford News
Waugh figures in an article in the newspaper Catholic World Report written by a Roman Catholic Rhodes Scholar about her recent experiences as a student in Oxford. She mentions numerous Roman Catholic churches still active in Oxford outside the university … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Chattels & Movables, Newspapers, Oxford, Ronald Knox
Tagged Campion Hall, Catholic World Report, Ducker and Sons
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