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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
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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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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