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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
First-of-the-Year Roundup
—Prospect Magazine has posted an interview of novelist William Boyd by Cosmo Adair. It begins with a discussion of Boyd’s latest novels (several dealing with spies) and proceeds back from that. Here’s an excerpt: …Of all the spy writers, Graham … Continue reading
Happy New Year and Welcome to Public Domain
Several papers have been carrying the story on books to be released today (1 January 2026) from copyright publishing restrictions and into the public domain. Among these, Waugh’s Vile Bodies has been prominently mentioned. It was published as his second … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Collections, Decline and Fall, Fiction, Labels, Vile Bodies
Tagged Copyright, New Editions
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Christmas Greetings from EWS
–Christmas was not a particularly happy time for the adult Evelyn Waugh, if only because his children were home from school. Here’s an example posted on a Substack.com website by Paul Fishman. This is taken from Waugh’s diaries (p. 668): … Continue reading
John Carey: b. 5 April 1935, d. 11 December 2025: R.I.P.
John Carey, former Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford and one of his generation’s most noted literary critics, died last week at the age of 92. His obituary appeared, inter alia, in the Guardian, The Times and the Daily … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Obituaries, Oxford
Tagged Daily Telegraph, John Carey
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Mid-December Roundup
–Charles Moore writes in the Daily Telegraph a critique of the newly issued US National Security Strategy. The article is entitled “Civilisation erasure is real, but Donald Trump is part of the problem,” and opens with this: Amid stiff competition … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Decline and Fall, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Martin Stannard, PBK, The Lamp, The Spectator
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Advent-tide Roundup
—The Times has the review (dated 2 Dec.) of a book by Waugh biographer Paula Byrne that may be of interest. Here are the opening paragraphs: In Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder remarks that Catholics appear “just like other people”. He is … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged New Statesman, The American Spectator, The Times
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Early December Roundup
–The Sydney Morning Herald reviews Salman Rushdie’s latest book (probably referring to The Eleventh Hour). The review is by Australian literary critic Peter Craven and is headed: “Unsurprisingly, death is a recurring theme in Salman Rushdie.” It contains some mention … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Obituaries, Scoop
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, First Things, Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald
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Thanksgiving (USA) Roundup
–The New York Review of Books has reviewed a book by Kit Kowol entitled Blue Jerusalem. The review by Ferdinand Mount is entitled “Flipping Britain’s Postwar Script.” Here’s the opening: Controlling the narrative is the name of the game now. … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Mail, New York Review of Books, Russian translations
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David Pryce-Jones (1936-2025) R.I.P.
The death earlier this week of writer and journalist David Pryce-Jones has been announced in the Peerage News. He is best known to our readers as the editor of the 1973 collection Evelyn Waugh and His World. This is noted … Continue reading
Converts, Universities and an Anniversary
–A review by Frances Wilson in The Spectator discusses a recent book by Melanie McDonagh. This is entitled Converts. It may have been mentioned in previous postings. Here is an excerpt from the opening paragraphs: …The 12 conversions explored by … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Articles, Newspapers
Tagged Harpers Magazine, The Spectator
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