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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
50th Anniversary and Rex Mottram Feature on Weblogs
Mike T in his weblog Boats Against the Current added another article to the growing list of internet encomia on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death. He makes an interesting comparison with other writers of a curmudgeonly type: … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Helena, The Holy Places
Tagged Boats Against the Current, National Catholic Register, Weblogs
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Waugh Anniversary Observed in Canada
A Canadian paper, the National Post, commemorates the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death with an article by a Roman Catholic priest who teaches at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. This is Fr. Raymond de Souza. The article opens with a … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Edmund Campion, Helena, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged Fr. Raymond de Souza, National Post
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Scoop and The 1938 Club
A group of book bloggers has banded together to discuss books published in 1938.These happen twice a year and a previous session was devoted to 1924. This internet discussion on 1938 books will take place beginning today and continue until … Continue reading
As if Written by Cicero
Gabriele Nicolo writing in today’s il Domani d’Italia offers Italian observations on the 50th Anniversary of Waugh’s death. Among the points made in the article are the following: –If Waugh had written in Latin, his work could have been passed off as … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Scoop
Tagged Gabriele Nicolo, il Domani d"Italia
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An Freitagen nur Kaviar
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has a marked the 5oth anniversary of Waugh’s death with a story by Hannes Hintermeier. It opens with an explanation of Waugh’s connection through marriage to the family that owns Highclere Castle, the setting for the … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Hannes Hintermeier
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Bloggers Note Waugh Anniversary
Several bloggers have noted the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death in postings referring to his written works or those by others about him. In Anecdotal Evidence, Patrick Kurp quotes from the article by Waugh’s youngest son Septimus Waugh that recently … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Remote People
Tagged Patrick Kurp, Paul K. Lyon, Stephanie A. Mann
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Telegraph Publishes Remembrance of Waugh
In today’s Sunday Telegraph, Nicholas Shakespeare writes a remembrance of Waugh. Shakespeare never apparently met Waugh personally but wrote and directed the three-part 198os BBC Arena documentary of Waugh. He is also editor of the Everyman edition of Waugh’s collected travel … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Documentaries, Interviews, Lancing, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Television Programs, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC Arena, Dudley Carew, Graham Greene, Nicholas Shakespeare, Sunday Telegraph
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Evelyn Waugh R.I.P.
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh, writer, born October 28, 1903, died 50 years ago today on Easter Day 1966 in Combe Florey, Somerset. Requiescat in pace.
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Waugh and Baby
The Daily Mail has printed the second and final installment of excerpts from Philip Eade’s new biography of Waugh to be published in July. Having devoted the first installment to his homosexual affairs at Oxford in the 1920s, this article tells … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Diaries, Letters, Pixton
Tagged Daily Mail, Philip Eade, Teresa Jungman
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Performance Poem Inspired by Waugh Novel
Performance poet Luke Wright recently appeared at Selby Town Hall where he read his poem What I Learned from Johnny Bevan. As reported in the York Press, this was a one- hour performance of the poem which tells a politically charged … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Miscellaneous, Theater
Tagged Luke Wright, performance poem, What I Learned from Johnny Bevan
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