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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Waugh and Anthony Powell
On the occasion of their republication by the University of Chicago Press, two of Anthony Powell’s novels are reviewed on a website called The Millions. One of these (Venusberg) was originally published before and the other (Oh How the Wheel … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Discussions
Tagged Anthony Powell, Levi Stahl, O How the Wheel Becomes It, Venusberg
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David Bowie, William Boyd and Evelyn Waugh: Art Hoaxers
Art Critic and Sportswriter Jasper Rees has posted an article on a blog called The Arts Desk in response to the death yesterday of David Bowie. According to Rees, Bowie and novelist William Boyd (both Waugh fans and art lovers) … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Auctions, Humo(u)r
Tagged Bruno Hat, David Bowie, Jasper Rees, Nat Tate, William Boyd
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Alec Waugh, Man of Letters
In a previous post, it was mentioned that a new book by D.J. Taylor somewhat enigmatically displayed Alec Waugh’s name on its cover. This is in Taylor’s study of English men of letters entitled The Prose Factory: Literary Life in England since 1918 . Subsequent reviews … Continue reading
Posted in Alec Waugh
Tagged Herald (Glasgow), Island in the Sun, Men of Letters, New Statesman, The Prose Factory
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Brideshead Again Named One of Top TV Period Dramas
British internet and cable service provider, BT TV, has issued a list of what it considers the top TV period drama series. Granada’s Brideshead Revisited production for ITV is one of those listed. Among other British productions on BT’s list of the top … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Film
Tagged BT TV
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Death of a Waugh Fan
The papers have announced today the death of singer-songwriter David Bowie (1947-2016). He was just 2 days past his 69th birthday. Bowie was unusually widely read for a popular musician, and one of his fans posted the list of his 100 favorite … Continue reading
Waugh and Post-Christmas Nostalgia
On a website called Blog of a Country Priest, Fr. John Corrigan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat in Australia recalls a passage from Brideshead Revisited as he takes down the Christmas tree in his parish church: He took out … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism
Tagged Christmas trees
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Floreat Bullingdon
The Daily Beast has published an article by Nick Mutch reviewing the history of Oxford’s Bullingdon Club. The private and secretive club has been much in the news lately because of the membership of three leading Conservative Party politicians: David … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Oxford
Tagged Bullingdon Club, Nick Mutch, The Daily Beast
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Waugh’s Agony Aunt
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the “Dear Abby” newspaper column, the Daily Telegraph has compiled a list of the most notable agony aunts in literature, TV and film. Waugh qualifies for a character from The Loved One: GURU BRAHMIN … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged agony aunts, Daily Telegraph, Dear Abby
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The Death of the Gentleman and Brideshead Unvisited
The latest issue of the St. Austin Review entitled “Evelyn Waugh Revisited” has now been published. See earlier post. An online announcement includes a full table of contents as well as the complete copy of an article by Frank Brownlow entitled “Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall
Tagged Christine Berberich, Frank Brownlow, St Austin Review, The Image of the English Gentleman in Twenthieth Century Literature
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U and Non-U Updated
In a posting on the academic weblog The Conversation, Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford, Simon Horobin, has updated Nancy Mitford’s 1955 essay on class distinctions of usage in English speech and manners. Waugh’s contribution to the public debate … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Oxford
Tagged Nancy Mitford, New Statesman, Noblesse Oblige, Simon Horobin, The Conservation
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