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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Roundup: Vagaries and More
–Writing in the TLS, critic and novelist DJ Taylor discusses one genre he discovered he enjoyed during his lockdown reading. He identifies this as the writer’s vagary: What is the writer’s vagary? It is the solitary book in a well-known … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Helena, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Radio Spada, TLS, Town & Country
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Waugh Would Not Be Happy
To Evelyn Waugh, one of the most important aspects of the Roman Catholic Church’s Vatican II reforms of 1960 was the limitation on the use of the traditional Latin Mass. He spent his final years in active opposition to this … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged Globe and Mail, Latin Mass, Radio Spada
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Upcoming Waugh Events
–This Thursday, 29 July will effectively be “Waugh Night” on BBC Four. This will start with the 2008 Ecosse/Miramax film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. BBC was one of several co-producers of the film and has redeployed it several times. Oddly, … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Edmund Campion, Events, Interviews, Oxford
Tagged Amazon Prime, BBC, Campion Hall. Gerard Kilroy
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Scoop Scooped
Scoop has become a prominent news story. This is the result of a poll by the Publishers Association to mark its 125th anniversary. They asked MPs to name their favorite book, and Boris Johnson named Scoop. He offered no explanation … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Patrick Kidd, Robert Hutton, The Critic, The Spectator, The Times
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Auberon Herbert: Defender of Eastern Europe (1922-1974)
Waugh Society member Milena Borden has written a commemorative article about Auberon Herbert, brother-in-law of Evelyn Waugh. He died on this date in 1974 and the centenary of his birth on 25 April 1922 will be marked next year. The … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Sword of Honour, Waugh Family, World War II
Tagged Auberon Herbert, BBC
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Roundup: Travel Book Revival?
–A new book about travel writing has been published. Ever hopefully, a new look for a possible revival of the genre is undertaken by Tim Hannigan in his book The Travel Writing Tribe. This is reviewed by Noo Saro-Wiwa and … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers, Non-fiction, Television, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, World War II
Tagged Above the Law, Sydney Morning Herald, The Letterpress Project, The Times, TLS, Travel Writing
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Waugh and the Clothes Press
A new print-only publication the Valet Magazine carries a feature-length article entitled “Waugh’s Last Hat”. This is written by Waugh biographer and weblogger Duncan McLaren. As usual, Duncan combines his scholarship and wit in describing Waugh’s sartorial history. He includes … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Basil Seal Rides Again, Newspapers
Tagged clothes, Duncan McLaren, Valet Magazine
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Roundup: Mostly Books
–In the current issue of Literary Review there is the review of a new book about a subject familiar to Waugh readers. This is Will Loxley’s Writing in the Dark: Bloomsbury, the Blitz and Horizon Magazine. The review by Daisy … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Diaries, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Literary Review, New English Review, Politico.com, The Scotsman
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New Books: Chagford and Fish Knives
–American novelist Chuck Etheridge has published earlier this year a new book entitled Chagford Revisited. Here’s the description from the publisher: Marker, an American Anglophile software engineer, has purchased the home Evelyn Waugh stayed in while writing Brideshead Revisited. He … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Humo(u)r, Interviews, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Catholic Herald, Chuck Etheridge, Daisy Waugh, TheAuthorsShow.com
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4th of July Roundup
–Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Harry Mount explains how the recruitment of spies has evolved beyond the “tap on the shoulder” formerly applied. After explaining how he tried and failed to get the tap, he mentions another example For decades … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Chateau Lloyd, Country Life, Daily Telegraph, InterestingLiterature.com
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