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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
John Heygate Archives on Offer
The auction house Bonhams, in Knightsbridge, London, will hold an auction on 4 December that will include archived letters to John Heygate. Several of these contain information that relates to Evelyn Waugh. Heygate was a friend of Waugh and his … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, London
Tagged Anthony Powell, Bonhams, John Heygate
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St Austin Waugh Issue
The latest issue of the bi-monthly religious literary journal St Austin Review (November/ December 2019) is entitled “Brideshead & Beyond: The Genius of Evelyn Waugh.” The Waugh-related content is described as follows: Joseph Pearce admires “the genius of Evelyn Waugh”. John … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Journal
Tagged St Austin Review
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Halloween Roundup
–The London Review of Books in its latest issue has published an article by Rosemary Hill on the life and career of Auberon Waugh. This is entitled “Woof, woof” and includes a description of Auberon’s life from the time he … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Collections, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Cecil Beaton, Daniel Mendelsohn, Hillsdale College, London Review of Books, National Portrait Gallery, New Criterion, Rosemary Hill
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Samuel Hynes (1924-2019) R.I.P.
Another veteran American literary scholar and critic died earlier this month at Princeton . This was Samuel Hynes, WWII veteran fighter pilot and retired Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature at Princeton University. He was 95. His best known critical work … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Vile Bodies, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged New York Times, Samuel Hynes
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The Write Stuff: Waugh Episode
BBC Radio 4 will later this week rebroadcast a 2000 episode of the long-running literary panel series The Write Stuff. The program will be devoted to the life and works of Evelyn Waugh. As described on its Wikipedia page: Each … Continue reading
Posted in Discussions, Evelyn Waugh, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 4, The Write Stuff
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Waugh’s Birthday Roundup
Evelyn Waugh was born on this date in 1903. This is the 116th anniversary of that event. –The Oxford English Dictionary has declared today’s Word of the Day to be “Brideshead, adj.” While they do not mention the birthday anniversary … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Anniversaries, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged architecture, Bruce Gaston, Fooshya.com, Oxford English Dctionary, Paul Theroux, Philip Eade, Truthdig.com
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Mottramism (More)
A reader has sent a link to an article posted by The American Conservative magazine. This is written by one of its senior editors Rod Dreher who both traces the origin of the term “Mottramism” as applied in the Roman Catholic … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged Mottramism, Rod Dreher, The American Conservative
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Roundup
—The Middle East and North African Financial News (posting as MENAFN) has a story that explains how the end of empire led to rising inequality in Britain that helped the Leave campaign to prevail in the Brexit vote. Among the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged HoleOusia.com, MENAFN, St Austin Review, University of Colorado
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Harold Bloom (1930-2019) R.I.P.
The American literary critic and Yale Professor of the Humanities Harold Bloom died earlier this week at the age of 89. There are several notices but perhaps the best are those in the New York Times. One is by Dinitia … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged Chelsea House Press, Harold Bloom, New York Times
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