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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Evelyn Waugh’s Parthenon
A website called erenow (describing itself as a “large online library”) has posted portions of Mary Beard’s book The Parthenon (2010, revised). In the “Further Reading” section of her book, Professor Beard recommends Evelyn Waugh’s early travel book Labels. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Labels
Tagged Erenow, Prof. Mary Beard, The Parthenon
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From the Scoop to the Sack to Baghdad
A blogger has posted a quote describing Waugh’s actions in the immediate aftermath of his sacking by the Daily Mail during his coverage of the Abyssinian War: “The Daily Mail sacked Waugh [… and] in December 1935 he left Abyssinia … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Scoop
Tagged Abyssinian War, Ann Pasternak Slater, Daily Mail, Diana Cooper
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Ricky Gervais Reboots Scoop
The Independent carries a report about recent films with a journalism theme. Prominently featured is a new film written, directed by and starring Ricky Gervais who is still struggling to repeat his early satirical success with the BBC TV series The Office. This … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Independent newspaper, Matilda Battersby, Ricky Gervais, Special Correspondents
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Tourist in Africa as Prophecy
A blogger has posted on the internet his 27-page article on Waugh’s final (and much neglected) travel book Tourist in Africa. This is Dr. Robert Hickson who sees in Waugh’s descriptions of 1959 East Africa (particularly those of Tanganyika and … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Articles
Tagged catholicism.org, Dr. Robert Hickson, East Africa
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The Tablet Reprints Waugh Obituary
The Tablet in this week’s edition reprints from its archives the obituary of Evelyn Waugh which appeared 50 years ago on 16 April 1966: When Evelyn Waugh died suddenly on Sunday morning, after attending Mass celebrated by his friend Fr … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries
Tagged obituary, The Tablet
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Waugh in the Entertainment Industry
Two Waugh promotions have recently appeared on the internet. The first is a trailer produced by English Touring Theatre Company and York Theatre Royal for their stage production of Brideshead Revisited which opens next week in York. The trailer has been … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, The Loved One, Theater
Tagged Engish Touring Theatre Company, John Gielgud, Rod Steiger, Turner Classic Films, York Theatre Royal
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Waugh Presentation Copies for Sale
Jonkers Rare Books in Henley-on-Thames is offering seven of the presentation copies of Waugh’s books that were auctioned by Bonhams last year. See earlier post. These are from the collection of Waugh’s friend and fellow novelist Anthony Powell. They are … Continue reading
Posted in Autographs, Bibliophilia, Decline and Fall, First Editions, Items for Sale, Scott-King's Modern Europe
Tagged Anthony Powell, Jonkers Rare Books, presentation copies
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Brideshead Reimagined
Bloggers on two religious weblogs try to reimagine how the family issues Waugh described in Brideshead Revisited would be affected by the new Roman Catholic teachings on marriage known as Amoris Laetitia. One site is sponsored by a Protestant group (Old Life) … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism
Tagged Old Life, Rorate Caeli
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La Stampa Joins in Waugh Commemoration
The Italian newspaper La Stampa, based in Turin, last week published an article commemorating the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death. This is by Paolo Bertinetti and is entitled “Evelyn Waugh, conservatore senza nulla da conservare” (“Conservative with nothing to preserve”). The … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, A Little Learning, Anniversaries, Articles, Letters, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Graham Greene, Italy, La Stampa, Paolo Bertinetti
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