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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Evelyn Waugh and Irish Castles
An Irish blogger (“Lord Belmont of Northern Ireland”), specializing in the Anglo-Irish aristocracy and related matters, recently posted an article about Gormanston Castle. This is located in County Meath about 16 miles north of Dublin. After reciting the Barons and Viscounts … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries
Tagged Gormanston Castle, Ireland, Lord Belmont of Northern Ireland
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Waugh Passage Included in Book on Post-War Germany
A new book edited by Lara Feigel collects writings from various sources describing Germany in the aftermath of WWII. This is Bitter Taste of Victory to be published in the U.K. on 28 January by Bloomsbury. Feigel is the author of … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Letters, World War II
Tagged Bitter taste of Victory, Lara Feigel, Nuremberg war trials
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Happier Hunting Ground (U.K. Branch)
The Daily Telegraph has run an article on the history and current status of pet cemeteries and crematoria in the U.K. A cite to Waugh’s 1948 novella The Loved One, which prominently described one such institution in Southern California, was perhaps inevitable. … Continue reading
Posted in The Loved One
Tagged Daily Telegraph, pet cemeteries
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Vile Bodies and Aladdin Sane
A newsblog has posted a review of David Bowie’s 1973 Aladdin Sane album in which the connections with Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies are further elaborated: Named after the pun ‘A Lad Insane’, David Bowie has stated that this album was … Continue reading
Additional Venues Announced for Brideshead Stage Production
The English Touring Company has announced additional venues for its stage production of Brideshead Revisited. These include Bath, Cambridge, Malvern, Brighton, and Richmond-on-Thames. The production will begin in York and will also stop in Oxford and Southampton. See details here.
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Theater
Tagged English Touring Theatre
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Paula Byrne and Philip Eade to Mark Waugh Anniversary
Waugh biographers Paula Byrne and Philip Eade will speak on the author’s life and work at this year’s Oxford Literary Festival. The joint presentation will mark the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death on 10 April 1966. They will appear on Wednesday … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Oxford
Tagged Kathleen Kennedy, Oxford Literary Festival, Paula Byrne, Philip Eade
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Waugh Reading on BBC Radio 4
Humorist Craig Brown has included a reading from Waugh for his appearance on the BBC Radio 4 series With Great Pleasure. The program asks each participant to choose favorite book passages from their lifetime of reading. Among Brown’s choices is … Continue reading
Posted in Labels, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Craig Brown, With Great Pleasure
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First Edition of Brideshead to be Auctioned
Today’s papers report that a rare pre-publication copy of Brideshead Revisited belonging to the late Duchess of Devonshire (born Deborah Mitford) will be auctioned by Southeby’s. Here is the story from the Guardian: The items include a true first edition of … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, First Editions, Items for Sale, Letters, Newspapers, Ronald Knox
Tagged Deborah Mitford, Financial Times, Guardian, Southeby's
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Publisher of Waugh’s Diaries and Letters Dies
The Daily Telegraph has announced the death at the age of 96 of George Weidenfeld, who published Waugh’s Diaries and Letters. According to the Telegraph, Weidenfeld sometimes said that [Vladimir Nabokov’s] Lolita (1959, a “cautionary tale”) and [Mary McCarthy’s] The Group … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Letters
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Encounter, George Weidenfeld, Noblesse Oblige, U and Non-U
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Waugh’s Advice on Writing
Terry Teachout, drama critic of the Wall Street Journal and critic-at-large of Commentary, has posted on his artsblog a quote from Waugh on the practice of writing: Never send off any piece of writing the moment it is finished. Put it … Continue reading
