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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
The Pleasure of Antonia Fraser
In this week’s TLS there is a review of a collection of essays edited by Antonia Fraser and entitled The Pleasure of Reading. This is a reprint of a book first published in 1992 to mark the bicentenary of the W.H. Smith … Continue reading
Mrs. Melrose Ape in China
The South China Morning Post recently ran a story by Jason Wordie about the activities in China of the American evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson . While best known for her Angelus Temple of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Los Angeles, … Continue reading
Posted in The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Aimee Semple McPherson, Foursquare Gospel Church, South China Morning Post
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Crouchbackian Undercurrents Seen in Australian Novel
A recent Australian novel tells the story of a soldier who suffered through the British evacuation of Crete. This is Archipelago of Souls by Gregory Day. It is reviewed by a writer identified only by his/her initials (“AF”) in The Saturday … Continue reading
Posted in Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Archipelago of Souls, Gregory Day, The Battle of Crete, The Saturday Paper
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Waugh and the Mitfords
A brief article by your correspondent about Waugh and the Mitford sisters has been posted on The Mitford Society’s internet site. It relates to the sisters Nancy, Diana and Deborah. The article originally appeared in The Mitford Society Annual, volume … Continue reading
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Tagged Lyndsy Spence, The Mitford Society
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The Pram in the Hall
Tomorrow (Friday) night’s episode of the BBC2’s cultural series Artsnight will investigate the conclusion of Waugh’s friend Cyril Connolly: “There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.” This is from his 1938 book (probably … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
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Sharper Sword
The South China Morning Post has published a review of Waugh’s Sword of Honour as part of a three-part retrospective review connected by each subject’s containing a knife in its title. The other two reviews relate to a 2006 recording by a Swedish rock … Continue reading
Posted in Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged In the Picture, Michael Scott, Roman Polanski, South China Morning Post, The Knife
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Waugh’s 1949 Minnesota Lecture
A newspaper article describing Waugh’s 1949 lecture at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been reprinted in full in the latest issue of Writing in the Margins (Spring 2015), the journal of the University’s English Department. This was … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Lectures
Tagged 1949 Lecture Tour, G.K. Chesterton, Graham Greene, Ronald Knox, University of St. Thomas, Writing in the Margins
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Waugh Binge Recalled in Spectator Competition
Jeremy Clarke, author of the Spectator’s “Low Life” column, is running a competition for the best description of “the drunkest I’ve ever been.” The winner will be announced at the launch party for the collection of Clarke’s columns to be held later this … Continue reading
Posted in Labels
Tagged Athens, Jeremy Clarke, Low Life, The Spectator
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Waugh in Sitcom Punchline
In the latest episode of the ITV sitcom Vicious, starring Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen as a elderly gay couple, Evelyn Waugh makes an appearance. In this episode (No. 4 of the current series) the couple are contemplating marriage after being together for … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Television Programs, Vile Bodies
Tagged Derek Jacobi, Ian Mckellen, ITV, Vicious
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Candace Bushnell, Waugh Fan
U.S. novelist Candace Bushnell is the featured writer in this week’s By the Book column in the New York Times Book Review. She is best known for Sex and the City which was a collection of her columns from The New York Observer … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust
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