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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Waugh’s Collage
In a recent article in the Indian paper National Herald, reporter Mrinal Pande refers to a collage created by Evelyn Waugh in 1935 which is mentioned without citation in the writings of Graham Greene. This is in an article entitled … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Letters, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers
Tagged collage, Graham Greene, Mrinal Pande, National Herald (India)
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Roundup: Wavian Humour When it is Sorely Needed
–Duncan McLaren has posted a new article in a section of his weblog denominated “Waugh Bites” where one can find miscellaneous articles about various unconnected topics. The new posting is entitled “The Legs Have It”. This posits that two leg … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers, PRB, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Duncan McLaren, Irish Times, Jewish News, The Times
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The Saga of the Stella Polaris
Waugh readers will know of the cruise ship M/V Stella Polaris as the vessel on which Evelyn Waugh and his first wife traveled on the 1929 cruise that became the subject of his first travel book. This was Labels published in … Continue reading
Posted in Labels, Newspapers
Tagged South China Morning Post, Stella Polaris
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The Oldie Returns to Brideshead
In its latest issue, The Oldie’s two cover stories are grouped together as “Return to Brideshead: From the film set to the smart set”. They are intended to mark the 75th anniversary of the novel’s publication as a book in May 1945. One … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television, Waugh Family
Tagged Nicholas Grace, Selina Hastings, The Oldie
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Waugh and the Coronavirus (more)
An estate owner in rural Shropshire called into The Times with a story suggesting that rather than being locked-down in London, those of its readers with sufficient funds might like to avail themselves of vacation lets on his estate which … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, The Loved One, World War II
Tagged The Catholic Thing, The Times, Wuhan Coronavirus
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Evelyn Waugh Studies 50.3 (Winter 2019)
The Winter 2019 issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies No. 50.3 has been issued. It is posted at this link. The contents are set out below: ARTICLES “Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead and Castle Howard” by Jeffrey Manley INTRODUCTION Castle … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Film, Television, World War II
Tagged Castle Howard, D.J.Taylor
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The Loved One Meets the Wuhan Coronavirus
–A blogger posting as “Sapper” traces the influence of Waugh’s writing about Los Angeles in the post war 1940s to what may be the first of several New Yorker essays by English writer and satirist Geoff Dyer, now a resident … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Geoff Dyer, leafly.com, New Yorker, The American Conservative
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Anthropologist at the Hypocrites Club
A new book surveys the professional career of E E Evans-Pritchard, a noted anthropologist who made his reputation with studies of Sudanese cultures. This biography is entitled The Anthropological Lens: A Dandy Among the Azande and is written by Christopher … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Newspapers, Oxford, World War II
Tagged Adam Kuper, Anthropology, E E Evans-Pritchard, Hypocrites Club, Wall Street Journal
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Spring Equinox Roundup
–Several publications have posted recommended binge reading and watching for the homebound during the Wuhan coronavirus shut-down. Many of these include books or adaptations of books by Waugh: —The Guardian produced a list of 50 of the “Best Binge Watches: … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Ninety-Two Days
Tagged Forbes magazine, Guardian, Lucire magazine, mancunianmatters.co.uk, Sunday Times
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Sword of Honour Re-examined
The current issue of the literary magazine Raritan Quarterly (Winter 2020, v. 39, #3) includes an article by Andrew J Bacevich about Waugh’s war trilogy. This is entitled “My Guy”, giving some indication that Bacevich finds himself in agreement with … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Andrew J Bacevich, Raritan Quarterly
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