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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
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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Ronald Knox Revival Imminent?
An article in the Catholic Herald (“Rediscovering Ronnie”) suggests that a revival of interest in the writings of Waugh’s close friend and biographical subject Ronald Knox may be imminent. This is written by the Herald’s contributing editor Serenhedd James based … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Oxford, Ronald Knox
Tagged Catholic Herald, limericks, Serenhedd James
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Complete Works Project Seek Help
The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh Project at the University of Leicester seek help to identify copyright holders of certain letters received by Evelyn Waugh from various writers for permissions to publish such letters in future volumes of their Personal … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Complete Works, Letters
Tagged Copyright, University of Leicester
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Roundup: Public Schools, Pronunciation and Epigraphs
–The Daily Telegraph has an essay by Rupert Christiansen reviewing the English obsession with Public Schools. This begins with a consideration of several novels, films and stage plays that center on the miserable lives suffered by both students and teachers … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Interviews, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Guardian, New Statesman, Rev Sydney Smith, The Literary Hub
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Midsummer Night’s Roundup
–The Jermyn Street Theatre has announced a production that may be of interest to Waugh enthusiasts: Mr and Mrs Nobody is […] adapted from the popular comic novel Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith, Keith Waterhouse‘s Mr … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, The Loved One, Theater
Tagged El Manana, Guardian, Jermyn Street Theatre, New York Times, TLS
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Flag-Day Roundup
–A movie blog (SlashFilm.com) has posted a preview of a new TV adaptation under preparation for Netflix. This is based on the fantasy comics series The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. According to the report, the story has a Waugh connection: … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BookTrib.com, Canonbury Square, Netflix, The Spectator, YouTube
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D-Day Roundup
–On yesterday’s 77th anniversary of the D-Day landings, The Herald (Scotland) posted a story by Ron McKay recounting how various people were occupied on the actual day of the event. Among those there were two writers: … JD Salinger, who … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Basil Seal Rides Again, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Letters, Newspapers, Photographs
Tagged Georgina Masson, Kepler's Books, The Herald (Scotland), TLS
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