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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Brideshead Reviewed in Worcestershire
The touring stage production of Brideshead Revisited opened earlier this week in Malvern at the Festival Theatre in the Malvern Theatres group for a one week run. It was reviewed yesterday by John Philpott in the Worcester News and other … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Theater
Tagged John Philpott, Malvern Theatres, Robert Gore-Langton, The Lady magazine, Worcester News
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Waugh and Ian Fleming
In an article published in the Guardian, Nicholas Lezard reviews the recent collection of Ian Fleming’s letters entitled The Man with the Golden Typewriter. This is edited by Fergus Fleming, author of several books and Fleming’s nephew (son of his … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Collections, Miscellaneous, Newspapers, The Holy Places
Tagged Guardian, Ian Fleming, Nicholas Lezard
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Waugh Character in List of Oxford Notables
The Oxford Royale Academy, which offers summer school and other college preparatory instruction, has published in its promotional materials a list of 8 of the most famous Oxford literary characters. Included on the list is Sebastian Flyte: In reality, Oxford … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Oxford
Tagged Oxford Royale Academy
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BBC Repeats Panel on Decline and Fall
BBC Radio 4 is repeating the 2013 panel program on Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. This is part of the series entitled “In Our Time” hosted by Melvin Bragg: David Bradshaw, John Bowen and Ann Pasternak Slater join Melvyn … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Discussions, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, In Our Time
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Waugh in the OED
The Oxford English Dictionary has made available an inventory of its quotations of Evelyn Waugh’s works. This is cached on Google at this link. According to this summary, Waugh is the 775th most quoted author and Put Out More Flags is his most … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Oxford, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Oxford English Dictionary
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Princeton Salutatorian Wrote Thesis on Waugh
Princeton University’s salutatorian this year is Esther Kim. She will deliver a Latin oration at next week’s graduation ceremony. According to a Princeton press release, she is an English major and wrote her senior thesis on a topic that included Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia
Tagged Esther Kim, Princeton University
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Vogue Reprints 1928 Waugh Article
As part of the 100th anniversary celebration of its British edition, Vogue has posted on the internet an October 1928 article by Evelyn Waugh (“Turning Over New Leaves”). This article includes reviews of several books issued in the publishers’ Fall … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged Vogue 100
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Waugh on Champagne in WSJ
Evelyn Waugh’s advice on when to drink champagne is offered again in a Wall Street Journal article on the subject. As noted in an earlier post, this comes from an article he wrote for Vogue magazine near the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Auberon Waugh, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Champagne, Wall Street Journal
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Waugh Seminar at Durham University
The Department of English Studies at Durham University has issued the details of a seminar later this week on the works of Evelyn Waugh: Join the next Inventions of the Text seminar, where Dr Jason Harding will do something that one … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Humo(u)r, Lectures
Tagged Dr Jason Harding, Durham University
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