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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
More News on Waugh Graves
The Times newspaper today carries a story by David Sanderson about the problem arising from the siting of the Waugh family graves. As noted in a previous post, the graves are situated in a ha-ha which stands between Waugh’s former house and … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Combe Florey, Newspapers
Tagged Bishop of Bath and Wells, Church of St Peter and St Paul, Combe Florey, Septimus Waugh, Taunton Council, Times newspaper, Waugh family gravesites
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BBC to Mark Waugh Anniversary
BBC Radio 3 has announced a broadcast next week to mark the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death on Easter Day in 1966 . This will be a 45 minute episode of their programme Free Thinking. Here are the details: Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Radio Programs, Theater
Tagged Adam Mars-Jones, BBC Radio 3, Bryony Lavery, Free Thinking
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Helena on List of Recommended Historical Novels
A bookblog (mirabile dictu) has published its list of the 10 best literary and pop novels set in the ancient world. Waugh’s Helena makes the list at No. 6: Evelyn Waugh’s Helena (1950). Said to be the favorite of his books, … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Helena
Tagged Historical Novels, Terry Teachout
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Evelyn Waugh and European Philosophy
In an essay about Jurgen Habermas, described as “Europe’s most influential philosopher,” Prof. Daniel N. Robinson is reminded of when the British writer, Evelyn Waugh, was received into the Roman Catholic Church in the Fall of 1930. It caused quite a … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews
Tagged Dr. Daniel N. Robinson, European Philosophy, Jurgen Habermas, To the Source
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Present-Day BYP Reviews Waugh Books
A blogger going by the “nom du net” of The Posh Gurl (real name H.R. Hardy) spent the past month reading and reviewing books by Waughs. She began with Auberon Waugh’s The Foxglove Saga (1960) which she found a great study … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Labels, Mr. Loveday's Little Outing, Work Suspended
Tagged Auberon Waugh, The Foxglove Saga, The Posh Gurl
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Evelyn Waugh and Film
In advance of his appearance at next week’s From Page to Screen festival in Bridport, Dorset (see previous post), Alexander Waugh was interviewed by Ines Cavill regarding his grandfather’s attitude to film. The article by Cavill based on the interview is posted below … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Festivals, Film, Television, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Vile Bodies
Tagged Bridport, Charles Sturridge, From Page to Screen Film Festival, Ines Cavill
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Oxford Literary Festival Announces Change in Waugh Event
There has been a change in the Oxford Literary Festival’s event marking the 50th Anniversary of Evelyn Waugh death. According to a new announcement, the event will involve the appearance of Paula Byrne, as previously announced, in a discussion with … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Events, Festivals, Oxford
Tagged Oxford Literary Festival
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Middle Eastern Newsblog Cites Waugh Novel
A Middle Eastern newsblog Mada Masr has run an article about the parlous financial circumstances of three Lebanese newspapers. According to the blogger, Makram Rabah, to some extent this is attributable to these papers’ over-reliance on the support of influential … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Newspapers
Tagged Lebanon, Mada Masr
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FT Considers Digital Age Debrett’s
Today’s Financial Times has an article about the new ownership of Debrett’s and explains how they hope to exploit the brand. To put the company’s main product in historic perspective, they turn to a quote from Evelyn Waugh: Founded in … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Debrett's, Financial Times
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Academic Reassessment of Remote People
Academic and literary scholar/critic Kate Macdonald has recently posted on her website a review of Waugh’s 1931 travel book Remote People. It in she applies today’s social and political standards to Waugh’s book. She finds much of the humor to … Continue reading
