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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Orwell News
George Orwell was born the same year as Evelyn Waugh and they became acquainted in the late 1940s shortly before Orwell’s death. They admired each other’s writing but had different political and religious views (although both agreed in their opposition … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers
Tagged D.J.Taylor, George Orwell, Guardian, Peter Davison, The Spectator
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Fall Equinox Roundup
—The Sunday Times contributes another assessment of the literary achievements of Queen Elizabeth II’s years. This is entitled “The books that defined the Queen’s reign.” It is written by Dominic Sandbrook, who begins with a consideration of T S Eliot’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop, Television Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged BBC, Dominic Sandbrook, Literary Review of Canada, The Atlantic Monthly, The Critic, The Sunday Times, University Challenge
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Roundup: Spike Milligan, Tom Stoppard and More
–Duncan McLaren has had the idea to compare the WWII novels of two British comedians who wrote about it, based on their experiences: Evelyn Waugh and Spike Milligan. Here’s the introduction: If Evelyn Waugh wrote a series of the most … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Items for Sale, Letters, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, The Loved One
Tagged First Thimgs, Maggs Bros booksellers, New York Times, Spike Milligan, The Daily Beast
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Elizabeth II (1926-2022) R.I.P.
The main story of the week is of course the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Waugh commented little about the monarchy, but some of the papers found relevant references in his works. –Dominic Green writing in the Wall Street Journal … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Items for Sale, Letters, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Evening Standard, Guardian, Wall Street Journal
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Another Title Added to Complete Works Editions
A Handful of Dust has joined the three other new titles announced for UK release next month in the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. Here is the description issued by Oxford University Press: Evelyn Waugh’s A Handful of Dust (1934) … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Complete Works
Tagged Oxford University Press
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Brideshead TV Project Resurfaces
It is reported widely that the Brideshead TV project to be backed by BBC and HBO and written and directed by Luca Guadagnino has resurfaced. Previous reports of a delay were attributed to Guadagnino’s unavailability, but he now says in … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Deadline, Luca Guadagnino
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Labo(u)r Day Roundup
–Christopher Buckley writing in the Wall Street Journal has identified what he considers to be the five best literary breakdowns. Waugh’s Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold is one of his selections: Evelyn Waugh called this, his next-to-last novel, his “mad book,” … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Television Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Daily Mail, Seattle Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The New European, University Challenge, Venice, Wall Street Journal
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New Book About Hypocrites Club
A new book has been announced that has Waugh in its title. This is Hellfire: Evelyn Waugh and the Hypocrites Club by David Fleming. Here’s a description: From the moment in March 1924 that a tipsy young nun trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Oxford
Tagged David Fleming, History Press, Hypocrites Club
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A Tale of Three Novelists: Heygate, Waugh and Williamson
A copy of Evelyn Waugh’s first printed book changed hands last month. This was one of 50 copies of P.R.B: An Essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, 1847-1854 printed on order in 1926 by a Stratford firm where Waugh’s friend Alastair … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Newspapers, PRB
Tagged Antiques Trade Gazette, Henry Williamson, John Heygate
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Summer Bank Holiday Roundup
–D J Taylor in the latest issue of Literary Review has written a review of the new biography by Patrick Donovan. This is entitled Arnold Bennett: Last Icon. It was mentioned in a previous post. Here’s an excerpt from the … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, Waugh Family
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Duncan McLaren, Evening Standard, Guardian, Literary Review, The Monthly
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