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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Billy Wilder, Sunset Blvd, and The Loved One
An article posted on the MyInform.com news blog reviews the history of the classic 1950 Hollywood film Sunset Boulevard, written and directed by Billy Wilder. The author of the article, which appears to be generally well written and researched, is identified … Continue reading
Vogue Revisits Brideshead
Hamish Bowles, European editor for the American edition of Vogue, recently revisited Castle Howard and wrote about it in an article appearing in the current issue of the magazine. He describes his early visit as a child with his father … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Television
Tagged Castle Howard, Hamish Bowles, Vogue magazine
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Waugh Remembered on Fleming Anniversary
A website devoted to the life and works of Ian Fleming has posted an article commemorating two important events on 12 August. One is the birth on that date in 1952 of Caspar, Fleming’s only son with his wife Ann. Ian … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Letters
Tagged Ann Fleming, Caspar Fleming, Ian Fleming
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Waugh in the Daily Mail
Evelyn Waugh rates two mentions in this week’s issues of the Daily Mail. Gossip columnist Ephraim Hardcastle has this takeaway from Philip Eade’s biography: Was literary giant Evelyn Waugh, who died in 1966 aged 62, a paedophile? According to a … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, Letters, Newspapers, Television, Wales
Tagged Daily Mail, Ephraim Hardcastle, Eva Longoria, Philip Eade
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Eade Biography Reviewed in Antipodes
The new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade is reviewed by Mark McGinness in the Sydney Morning Herald. After summarizing Waugh’s life as reflected in Eade’s book McGinness concludes: Waugh’s work has and will endure. Leicester University and Oxford University … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Complete Works, Newspapers
Tagged Catholic Herald, Mark McGinness, Philip Eade, Sydney Morning Herald
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Waugh Event in Taunton
Brendon Books in Taunton will host an appearance of Philip Eade and Alexander Waugh in the Fall. The subject will be the life of Evelyn Waugh. Eade is the author of the new biography of Evelyn Waugh and Alexander Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Biographies, Complete Works, Evelyn Waugh, Events, Lectures
Tagged Brendon Books, Philip Eade
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More Laycock Presentation Copies on Offer
Peter Harrington Books has listed an offering of two more of Waugh’s presentation copies to Robert and Angela Laycock. See earlier post. One is a copy of Work Suspended (first edition limited to 500 copies,1942) presented to Angela with the note … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, First Editions, Items for Sale, Work Suspended
Tagged Angela Laycock, Peter Harrington Books, Robert Laycock
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BBC Posts Photo of Capt. Waugh at Brains Trust
BBC Radio 4 has posted on its Twitter page a photo of Waugh taken at his appearance in a wartime broadcast of its popular Home Service radio program called Brains Trust. The posting is in connection with National Book Lovers Day … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Letters, Radio, Radio Programs, Twitter, World War II
Tagged BBC Home Service, Brains Trust
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Evelyn Waugh: Wiki Audio
Some one has posted on YouTube an audio version of Evelyn Waugh’s Wikipedia entry. It is read by a digital voice with a British accent and is unpleasant to listen to. I would only recommend it to some one whose vision … Continue reading
