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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Waugh Connections
Times gossip columnist Patrick Kidd discusses Phiip Eade’s identification of models for Waugh characters in today’s “Diary”: …Lord Parakeet in Decline and Fall was based on Gavin Henderson, an exceedingly camp noble who, on becoming Lord Faringdon, opened a speech … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Events, Hampstead, Letters, London, Newspapers
Tagged Canonbury Square, George Orwell, Islington Gazette, Isokon, RIBA, Times newspaper
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Panegyric for Waugh in LMS Journal
The Autumn 2016 issue of the journal of the Latin Mass Society contains the text of the panegyric delivered on 8 July 2016 by Archbishop Thomas Gullickson on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death. See earlier post. The journal … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Catholicism, Events
Tagged Archbishop Thomas Gullicksen, Latin Mass Society, Mass of Ages
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New Criterion Reprints Article on Waugh’s African Writings
The New Criterion has reprinted a 2003 article by James Panero about Waugh’s writings on Africa, making the point that Waugh got most things right. This is entitled “Reading Africa in Waugh.” Panero’s family had business in Africa; his grandfather ran a … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Black Mischief, Letters, Scoop
Tagged Africa, James Panero, New Criterion
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All Converts Together
A recent issue of the National Catholic Register, a Roman Catholic newspaper, journalist Rick Becker writes of his discovery and enjoyment of Mary Frances Coadey’s 2015 book Merton and Waugh: A Monk, A Crusty Old Man, and The Seven Storey Mountain. He … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged Mary Frances Coadey, National Catholic Register, Rick Becker
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Waugh Event in Cincinnati
The Mercantile Library in Cincinnati is sponsoring a series of lectures and discussions moderated by independent writer and researcher Richard Lauf on the subject of Making Us Laugh: Four Comedic Literary Novels. The series will begin on Tuesday, 30 August at … Continue reading
Posted in Discussions, Events, Lectures, Scoop
Tagged Cincinnati Mercantile Library, comic novels, Richard Lauf
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Evelyn Waugh and the Preposterous Parson
A book describing the career of Rev Basil Bourchier, the first vicar of St Jude-on-the-Hill in Hampstead Garden Suburb, has been written by the current vicar, Alan Walker. Evelyn Waugh’s family were parishioners at the church in his youth, and … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Hampstead
Tagged Rev Alan Walker, Rev Basil Bourchier, St Jude-on-the-Hill
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Another Cocktail Attributed to Waugh
A pub in Kuala Lumpur is offering an exotic cocktail called the Noonday Reviver that is attributed to Evelyn Waugh. The pub is called The Sticky Wicket and has a cricket theme throughout its decor and menu. The cocktail is described as a reinterpretation … Continue reading
Posted in Labels, Sightings, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged cocktails, Kingsley Amis, Noonday Reviver, The Sticky Wicket
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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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