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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
WSJ Selects Waugh Novel for Book Group
The Wall Sreet Journal has announced an internet book group that will discuss Waugh’s 1934 novel A Handful of Dust. The group will be moderated by novelist Joseph Kanon, said to be best known for thrillers such as The Good … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Discussions
Tagged Joseph Kanon, Wall Street Journal
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More Praise for New Waugh Study
The reviewer for the Daily Telegraph (Miranda Seymour) has joined those for the Daily Mail and Independent in praising Duncan McLaren’s new biographical approach to Evelyn Waugh’s early life. See earlier post. According to Seymour: McLaren … offers us two scoops. Exposing … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Miscellaneous
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Duncan McLaren, Miranda Seymour
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Guide to Waugh Locals
GQ Magazine has published an article by Duncan McLaren identifying several of Evelyn Waugh’s drinking venues which are still functioning. In some cases, he also found accommodations in these establishments while writing the works mentioned in McLaren’s article. The article is … Continue reading
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Waugh Surfaces in Bosnia
Mark Lawson in this week’s New Statesman reviews a novel by Jesse Armstrong which is said to have a distinct Wavian influence: Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals. (The choice of title would not appear to have been influenced by … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Black Mischief, Miscellaneous, Scoop
Tagged Bosnian War, Jesse Armstrong, Mark Lawson, New Statesman, William Boyd
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Plashy Fen at Risk
One of the cover stories in this week’s TLS is “Plashy Fens: The Limitations of Nature Writing” by Richard Smyth. Or so its title is described on the contents page, if not in the heading of the on-line version of the … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Scoop, Sightings
Tagged Nature writing, Richard Smyth, Robert Macfarlane, TLS
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Evelyn Waugh Makes Election Appearance
The Guardian has dragged Evelyn Waugh into its U.K. election coverage. In an article on Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish National Party candidate, her apparent popularity is described as the “greatest constitutional crisis since the abdication, which Theresa May [Home Secretary in current government] … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Miscellaneous
Tagged Abdication Crisis, Daily Telegraph, Election, Guardian, Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, UKIP
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“That Tipsy Don”: Sir Raymond Carr (1919-2015)
In an obituary last week, the Daily Telegraph announced the death of Sir Raymond Carr, Professor of History and Warden of St. Antony’s College at Oxford. His special area of study was Spain, and he is said to have been to … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Telegraph, Lady Mary Charteris, Sir Raymond Carr
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Times Diary Reports Waugh Advice on Letters to America
Patrick Kidd in today’s Times Diary reports a talk given at last week’s Waugh conference in Leicester by biographer Selina Hastings: Waugh’s correspondence with Nancy Mitford, included advice on how he dealt with fan mail. Some (university clubs, creative-writing students, … Continue reading
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Tagged Nancy Mitford, Selina Hastings
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Decline and Fall on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting a dramatization of Evelyn Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. The script is by Jeremy Front, who recently adapted the award-winning radio version of Sword of Honour. Among the cast are Tom Hollander (as Otto) who … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Front, Tom Hollander. James Fleet
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New Approach to Waugh Appears Later This Week
A new biography of Evelyn Waugh will appear in the U.K. later this week. This is Evelyn! Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love, Harbour Books, Chelmsford, Essex, 14.00 pounds, 294 pp. It is written by Duncan McLaren who previously wrote a … Continue reading
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Tagged Duncan McLaren
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