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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Free Thinking about Evelyn Waugh
BBC Radio 3 yesterday broadcast a panel discussion in its Free Thinking series about the life and works of Evelyn Waugh. As previously announced, the panel was moderated by Matthew Sweet and consisted of Alexander Waugh, the writer’s grandson, Adam … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Radio Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Theater
Tagged Adam Mars-Jones, Alexander Waugh, BBC Radio 3, Bryony Lavery, Free Thinking, Matthew Sweet, Philip Eade
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Waugh’s Eton Envy
Commonweal magazine in its current issue has a review of Adam Sisman’s biography of novelist John le Carre. The review is by Jeffrey Meyers who has also written biographies of several literary figures. Waugh features in the review in connection with le … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Biographies, Ronald Knox
Tagged Anthony Powell, Commonweal, David Cameron, Eton College, Guardian, John le Carre, Justin Welby
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BBC to Rebroadcast Waugh Radio Classics
BBC Radio 4 has posted schedules for next week in which two Waugh radio programs will be rebroadcast. The first is the 7 episode series of Sword of Honour from 2013. This was dramatized by Jeremy Front, whose adaptation won … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Interviews, Radio, Radio Programs, Sword of Honour
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Face to Face, Jeremy Front, John Freeman
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Photo of Waugh’s 1947 U.S. Arrival Posted
Getty Images has posted a photo of Evelyn Waugh arriving in the U.S. on 31 January 1947. He is disembarking from the S.S. America in New York City and is on his way to Los Angeles to negotiate the sale of … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, The Loved One
Tagged Getty Images, S.S. America
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Daily Mail Prints Excerpt From New Waugh Biography
The Daily Mail has printed an excerpt from the new biography of Evelyn Waugh which will be published in the U.K. in July. This is by Philip Eade and will be issued by Weidenfeld and Nicolson who also published Waugh’s Diaries and … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Black Mischief, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Letters
Tagged Alistair Graham, Daily Mail, Harold Action, Philip Eade
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Guardian Announces Reopening of Scoop Venue
A recent Guardian article about Ethiopian jazz includes the announcement that the Taitu Hotel in Addis Ababa, described by Waugh in his writings as the favored venue of the press corps and damaged by fire last year, will reopen later this year: A … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Addis Ababa, Guardian, Taitu Hotel
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Writer Follows Waugh’s Career Advice
Lisa Hilton, who has just just written a new novel, is interviewed in today’s Belfast Telegraph. The book is entitled Maestra and is described an erotic thriller: It tells the story of Judith, a working-class young beauty trying to make a … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Belfast Telegraph, first novels, Lisa Hilton, Rossetti: His Life and Works
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Waugh and Arboretums
Today’s Financial Times has a feature length article about John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843), the inventor of the arboretum. The first of this new type of garden was planted in Derby in 1840 and inspired similar designs in the U.S. at New … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged arboretums, Financial Times, John Claudius Loudon
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