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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Three Country Houses in the Telegraph
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen describes three post war novels that each celebrated the English country house in a different way. The first was Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. According to Christiansen: …its reception was largely enthusiastic and its sales … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Elizabeth Bowen, Henry Green, Rupert Christiansen
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Waugh and the 1945 General Election
Waugh returned to England via Italy from his assignment in Yugoslavia on 15 March 1945. He devoted the last few weeks in Italy to stirring up opposition to the new Communist regime of Marshall Tito. He spent most of the … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Diaries, Helena, World War II
Tagged General Election 1945, Randolph Churchill
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Waugh and the Abdication (More)
Alexander Larman’s new book The Crown in Crisis: Countdown to Abdication is reviewed in yesterday’s issue of The Times. The reviewer, David Aaronovitch, thinks Larman has overstated the seriousness of the issue, at least among the British public if not not the … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Newspapers
Tagged Abdication, Alexander Larman, The Times
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Summer Solstice Roundup
–Peter Quennell may be having a revival. Duncan McLaren (see previous post) has now been joined by A N Wilson in recounting his career. Wilson in a memoir posted by The Oldie discusses several first hand meetings he had with … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers, Rossetti: His Life and Works
Tagged A N Wilson, The Critic, The Hollywood Reporter, The Independent (Ireland), The Oldie, TLS
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Campion in La Prensa
The Buenos Aires paper La Prensa has published a review of Waugh’s biography Edmund Campion. The review, which is unsigned, opens with this: Evelyn Waugh wrote this book between 1934 and 1935, in homage to the Jesuit College of Oxford … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Edmund Campion, Newspapers
Tagged La Prensa (Buenos Aires)
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Harold Acton (and Martin Green)
Duncan McLaren has added Harold Acton to Waugh’s pantheon of friends. On this occasion he writes it up as a straight narrative rather that as an addition to the crowd gathering at the now postponed Brideshead Festival at Castle Howard. … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall
Tagged Harold Acton, Martin Burgess Green
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Brideshead @ 75: A N Wilson, The Oldie and The Folio Society
The Oldie has posted A N Wilson’s introduction to the Folio Society’s 2018 reprint of Brideshead Revisited. While this may not be denominated by Wilson or The Oldie as a commemoration of the novel’s 75th anniversary, we should be entitled … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged A N Wilson, The Folio Society, The Oldie
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Bright Younger People
In yesterday’s Mail on Sunday, Toby Young writes about his days at Oxford in the 1980s, energized to do so by a new book out later this week by Dafydd Jones. This is entitled Oxford, The Last Hurrah. The US … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Photographs
Tagged Boris Johnson, Dafydd Jones, Daily Mail, Toby Young
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Juneteenth Roundup
–A recent article in the Times newspaper criticizes plans for reopening some schools after lockdown with what it sees as a confusing “blend” of in-school live and at-home online teaching. Alex Massie opens the article with a quote from Evelyn … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe, Waugh in Abyssinia, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Daily Mail, Il Primato Nazionale, Information.dk, Jakob Illeborg, Kenyon Review, London Library, The Times
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Peter Quennell: Reviewer and Rival
Two recent articles by Duncan McLaren have been devoted to Peter Quennell. Waugh had developed a particular dislike of Quennell (similar to that he had of other literary critics such as Alan Pryce-Jones and Edmund Wilson). The acquaintanceship between Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Festivals, Newspapers, Rossetti: His Life and Works
Tagged Daily Mail, Duncan McLaren
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