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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Time’s Error
The Weekly Standard‘s “Scrapbook” column had one of the more interesting comments on the Time magazine affair. (See yesterday’s post.) They speculate on what may have been the cause and, after rejecting several hypotheses, conclude with this: Then again, it could … Continue reading
Posted in World War II
Tagged Marshall Tito, Time magazine, Weekly Standard
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Waugh Removed from Time Magazine Top Women Author List
Earlier today Evelyn Waugh was trending on Twitter as readers noticed that he was included on Time magazine’s list of the top 100 women authors compiled from an analysis of college syllabuses. The New York Observer story illustrates Waugh’s original listing … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Scoop, The Loved One, Twitter
Tagged New York Observer, Time magazine, top 100 women authors
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Evelyn Waugh and the Resolute Old Lady
In an article in Crisis magazine, Professor Regis Martin from a Roman Catholic college in Ohio is reminded of Waugh as he conducts a group of his students around Europe. This occurs as they are about to visit a church in the outskirts of Vienna … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Helena, The Holy Places
Tagged Crisis magazine, Prof. Regis Martin
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Esquire Lists Vile Bodies Among Top 20 Funniest Books
Esquire magazine conducted a poll among comedians and writers to name their funniest books and came up with a list of the top 20. Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies (1930) is included: It is a gift to the satirist to live in turbulent times but … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Vile Bodies
Tagged comic novels, Esquire
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Evelyn Waugh, Wine Writer
A wine blog called wineanorak has posted a profile of the wine writings of novelist Jay McInerney, best known as the author of Bright Lights, Big City (1984). Among those who McInerney identifies as having influenced his wine writing are Norman Mailer, Ernest … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Miscellaneous
Tagged Jay McInerney, Wine
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Evelyn Waugh’s Ireland Whinges
The Irish Times has collected what its correpondent Frank McNally considers a history of Ireland as told in the top 100 whinges. Waugh may come top whinger with a total of 9 to his credit: 37. “Among the countless blessings I … Continue reading
Posted in Humo(u)r, Letters
Tagged Ireland, Irish Times
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Decline of the Anglo-Novella
Blogger and retired PR executive Gary Holmes has posted an essay comparing the British TV series Brideshead Revisited and Downton Abbey. Brideshead comes out much the better of the two on several counts, leading Holmes to conclude that what he calls … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Television
Tagged Downton Abbey, Gary Holmes
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Vile Bodies Inspired by Misery
In today’s Boston Globe, columnist Alex Beam has an article bemoaning what he sees as the seemingly inexorable spread of gratuitous happiness. He cites Evelyn Waugh as an example of what it’s opposite can inspire: What’s so great about happiness? … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Alex Beam, Boston Globe, happiness
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Boris, Winston, Brendan, Rex and Waugh
In a recent Spectator blog, Nick Cohen takes Boris Johnson to task for his adoption of an exit EU strategy. Cohen sees this as nothing more than a cynical move by Boris to take over leadership of the Conservative Party. He … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Boris Johnson, Brendan Bracken, Nick Cohen, Spectator, Winston Churchill
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Basil Seal Rides Yet Again
D.J. Taylor in the Independent announces low expectations for the BBC’s plans to revive its 1970s sit. com. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. The plan is to have the 74 year old Michael Crawford reprise his role as youthfully naive Frank Spencer among a … Continue reading
Posted in Basil Seal Rides Again, Black Mischief, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Scoop, Television Programs, Work Suspended
Tagged Anthony Powell, BBC, D.J.Taylor, Independent newspaper, Michael Crawford, Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em
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