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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Post-Thanksgiving Roundup
–10 December will mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Christopher Hitchens. This is commemorated in the Financial Times by an article entitled “The World Christopher Hitchens Left Behind”. This is by Janan Ganash who might have used as … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Helena, Lectures, Newspapers, Oxford, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Herald, Christopher Hitchens, Financial Times, Irish Times, New Statesman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Quadrant
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Brideshead and Beatles
A feature length article about the making of the 1981 Brideshead Revisited TV series appears in the Sunday Post (Dundee). This is by John Macleod and is entitled “Brideshead Recelebrated”. It is, indeed, another celebration of that event’s 40th anniversary. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Sundaty Post (Dundee), Times-Union (Albany)
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Septimus Waugh: Reminiscence
The Tablet’s latest issue has a reminiscence of the late Septimus Waugh. This appears in the “Word from the Cloister” column and is based on an interview of Jimmy Burns, journalist and member of The Tablet’s board. He was a … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Diaries, Edmund Campion, Interviews, Newspapers, Waugh Family, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Jimmy Burns, Septimus Waugh, The Tablet, Tom Burns
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Roundup: From Party Going to Boredom
–A recent issue of Financial Times contains a “Weekend Essay” on the return of the party, to London and New York at least. This is by Alex Bilmes who is editor of Esquire. After reminiscing about how party going shut … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Edmund Campion, Newspapers, Vile Bodies, Work Suspended
Tagged Craig Brown, Daily Mail, Financial Times, Madeleine Kearns, Mail on Sunday, National Catholic Register, The Spectator
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John Saumarez Smith (1943-2021) R.I.P.
John Saumarez Smith who was widely considered as the last of London’s “gentleman booksellers” has died at the age of 78. He was the son of an Indian Civil Service family and graduate of Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. After … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Handasyde Buchanan, Heywood hill, John Saumarez Smith, The Times
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Clarissa Churchill (1920-2021) R.I.P.
One of the last of Evelyn Waugh’s contemporary friends died yesterday. This is Clarissa Churchill. Her father was Jack Churchill, Winston’s younger brother, and she was always close to Winston’s family. She grew up in a house in South Kensington … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Clarissa Churchill, Daily Telegraph
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Waugh on the Internet
–A discussion of Brideshead Revisited is scheduled for later today (13 November, 10am CST) on Meetup.com. Here’s a link. —YouTube has posted a discussion of Evelyn Waugh’s work by two Dominican friars. This is episode 119 in a series called … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Interviews, Radio Programs, Waugh Family
Tagged Daisy Waugh, Godsplaining, Meetup.com, YouTube
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Michael Septimus Waugh: Eulogy
Alexander Waugh has kindly provided a copy of his eulogy delivered at yesterday’s requiem mass for his uncle, Septimus Waugh in Tiverton, Devon. This is posted in lieu of an obituary: Septimus (known to many as ‘Seppo’) spent his last … Continue reading
Armistice Day Roundup
–Perhaps in anticipation of today’s commemoration, this week’s Sunday Times reviewed a new book by Max Hastings. This is Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace. Here’s an excerpt from the review: The anthology opens with biblical warriors (Joshua at … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Theater
Tagged Daily Mail, Guardian, Penguin Books, Sunday Times
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Michael Septimus Waugh (1950-2021) R.I.P.
We have just learned of the recent death of Septimus Waugh, Evelyn Waugh’s youngest son. Alexander Waugh writes that he was “struck ill with a virulent bone cancer in March.” A requiem mass at which Alexander will deliver the eulogy … Continue reading
