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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
BBC to Air New Waugh Biography
BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a reading of the new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade in its Book of the Week series. The broadcast will be in 5 episodes starting next Monday, 4 July at 0945a (London time). The … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Radio, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Nichplas Grace, Philip Eade
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Child of Waugh Generation Dies
The Daily Telegraph has announced the death of Henrietta Phipps who was the child of two of Waugh’s friends from the beginning of his career. She was 84. Her maiden name was Henrietta Lamb and she was the daughter of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Newspapers, Portraits
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Henrietta Phipps, Henry Lamb, John Betjeman, Obituaries, Pansy Pakenham
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Waugh Novel Included in Best Books of Past 75 Years
Parade magazine is marking its 75th anniversary. It was started in 1941 by what has now become the Chicago Sun-Times as a weekly insert for Sunday newspapers. They asked novelist Ann Patchett to make a list of the best 75 books … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Ann Patchett, Parade magazine
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Weekly Standard Reviews The Prose Factory
The US neoconservative journal The Weekly Standard in its latest issue has reviewed D J Taylor’s history of the English “man of letters” since World War I . See earlier posts. The book, entitled The Prose Factory, was published earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Television
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Dominic Green, The Prose Factory, Weekly Standard
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Evening Standard Reviews New Biography
Yesterday’s Evening Standard published a review of Philip Eade’s new biography of Evelyn Waugh. This is the first daily newspaper review of the book, which is to be published next month in the UK. See earlier post. The review is … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers
Tagged David Sexton, Evening Standard, Philip Eade
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Film Inspired by Brideshead Revisited Released on DVD
The Bay Area Reporter, a San Francisco area weekly newspaper dedicated to reporting news of interest to the LGBT community, has reviewed a recent film entitled Those People. This has just been released on DVD and is “loosely based” on … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers
Tagged Bay Area Reporter, Those Poeple
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Waugh Cited on 75th Anniversary of Invasion of Soviet Union
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. Up to then the two countries had been allies, and the invasion ended up converting the Soviets into allies of the Western forces, at that point … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Officers and Gentlemen, World War II
Tagged Conservative History Journal
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Satirical Novels Listed on Interactive Rating Site
The interactive rating site Ranker has started a list of the best satirical novels. So far, there are four of Waugh’s novels on the list: Decline and Fall, The Loved One, Scoop and A Handful of Dust (in descending order of rank) . There … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Decline and Fall, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Ranker, Satirical Novels
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Waugh Included in Catholic Book List
The editor of a nondenominational Christian online news site, The Christian Review, has compiled a list of what he considers the best 100 Catholic novels. These include novels published between 1827 and 2011 and are listed chronologically. The somewhat subjective … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Collections, Helena
Tagged 100 best catholic novels, The Christian Review
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