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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Roundup: a Film, a Warrior and a Hoax
—The Conversation has posted an article by literary scholar Christine Berberich, who teaches at the University of Portsmouth and is well known to members of the society through her writings and participation in its events. This latest essay explains the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged Christine Berberich, Irish Times, Texas National Security Review, The Times, Zachary Griffiths
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Armistice Day Roundup
—The Spectator carries an article revealing renewed interest in the works of innovative novelist Ronald Firbank. This is by contemporary novelist Alan Hollinghurst and is inspired by the recent erection of a Blue Plaque commemorating Firbank’s residence at 33 Curzon … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Complete Works, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Andrew Wylie, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Ronald Firbank, The Guardian, The Spectator, TLS
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Roundup: Rereading Black Mischief
–A recent column of The Times “Rereading” series contains a brief essay on Waugh’s 1932 comic novel Black Mischief. The column, published in today’s edition, is by Will Lloyd. Here’s the opening: One afternoon in the absurdly early Thirties, Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Remote People, Sword of Honour, Television, World War II
Tagged European Conservative, Sunday Times, The Times, Welt
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120th Anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s Birth
Evelyn Waugh was born at 11 Hillfield Road, West Hampstead, London on 28 October 1903. That makes this his 120th anniversary. His centenary was marked in 2003 with several events including two academic conferences–one in Spain and the other at … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Evelyn Waugh, Oxford
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Roundup: A Major Auction and News from the Antipodes
–Auction house Bonham’s has scheduled the sale of several of Waugh’s books. These were presentation copies to F B Walker who worked at Chapman & Hall in the period of their publication. Bonham’s describes the importance of Walker to Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, First Editions, Interviews, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Australian Financial Review, Bonhams, Publishers Weekly, The Australian newspaper, The Guardian
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Roundup: Letters and A Lecture
—BBC Radio Four Extra has announced the rebroadcast of a 1996 adaptation of Waugh’s novel A Handful of Dust. This will be contained in two one-hour episodes. The first is broadcast on Tuesday, 24 October at 0500 repeated at 1500 … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Auctions, Lectures, Letters, Newspapers, Radio Programs, The Loved One, Translations, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC Radio 4 Extra, New Statesman, University of Oklahoma
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Roundup: Anniversaries, Flemings and Nature Writing
–A feature length article in the religious journal Crisis Magazine marks the anniversary of Waugh’s conversion to Roman Catholicism on 29 September 1930. This is written by S A McCarthy and entitled “The Curmudgeonly Catholic: Three Life Lessons from Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Ninety-Two Days, Scoop
Tagged Christie's, Crisis magazine, Financial Times, Ian Fleming, Sydney Morning Herald, The Spectator, The Times newspaper
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Late September Roundup
–A recent issue of the Financial Times carries a story of the impact of Evelyn Waugh and his contemporaries on the latest mens fashions. Here’s an excerpt: This season, menswear has embraced the gimlet-tinged mood of Cecil Beaton’s diaries, the … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Boston Herald, Financial Times, Jonathan Raban, Rupert Murdoch, Washington Post
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