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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Waugh and The Brexlit Novel
The Australian literary journal Quadrant has posted an article entitled “Brexit and the Decline of the English Novel” in which a new genre of novel is described. This is the “Brexlit” novel and has already chalked up a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Fiction, Newspapers
Tagged Brexit, David Martin Jones, Quadrant
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Evelyn Waugh and the Mid-Century Gothic
A book published earlier this year addresses what it sees as a postwar response in literature and other media of cultural expression to the modernism that prevailed in the interwar period. The book is entitled Mid-Century Gothic which is the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
Tagged Lisa Mullen, Mid-Century Gothic
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Labor Day Roundup: Waugh by Design
–Bristol-based interior decorators Jane Clayton & Co have announced a new line of household fabrics called Marchmain. As described on their website: The decadence of a bygone era is evoked in this collection of richly coloured velvet and chenille woven … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Daily Mail, GQ, Guardian, Jane Clayton & Co, Oxford Times, Screen Spiel Podcast
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80th Anniversary of WWII
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of WWII when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. The attack fulfilled Evelyn Waugh’s expectations that a war was imminent after Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact the previous week. See … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Diaries, Put Out More Flags, Work Suspended, World War II
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Waugh and Huxley
Dr Gillian Dooley, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of English, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, has published a paper entitled “Love, Death and the Satirical Purpose: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Evelyn Waugh’s The Loved One“. This originally appeared in Texture: … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Dr Gillian Dooley
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Basil Seal Rides Yet Again
The Daily Telegraph has a review of a book entitled Master of Deception: The Wartime Adventures of Peter Fleming by Alan Ogden. This is about something called D Division (or “deception organization”) in the Inter-Services Liaison Department. Peter Fleming, Ian’s older … Continue reading
Posted in Basil Seal Rides Again, Diaries, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Peter Fleming
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“Lost” Rex Whistler Painting to Be Exhibited
A recent issue of The Oldie has an article about a painting by Rex Whistler which had been thought to be lost or stranded and unappreciated in an unknown private collection. The article is by Mirabel Cecil, co-author with her … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged Malcolm Bullock, Mirabel Cecil, Rex Whistler, The Oldie
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Roundup: Witchcraft and Victory
–The Daily Telegraph reviews a new history of witchcraft since 1800 entitled Cursed Britain by Thomas Waters. The review is by Robert Leigh-Pemberton and opens with this: The “Swahili witch doctor”, installed in rooms “off the Edgware Road” by the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Scoop, Sword of Honour, The Loved One, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, World War II
Tagged Daily Telegraph, National Public Radio, Stream.org, Yorkshire Post
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Lost Girls (More)
Waugh biographer Paula Byrne has reviewed DJ Taylor’s new book Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature 1939-1951. This appears in today’s Times newspaper. Byrne stresses that the book is as much or more about Cyril Connolly as it is about … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Festivals, Lectures, London, Newspapers
Tagged Anthony Powell Annual Lecture, Cyril Connolly, D.J.Taylor, Henley-on-Thames Literary Festival, Paula Byrne, The Times
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80th Anniversary of Nazi/Soviet Non-Aggression Pact Marked
The French news website Contrepoints has reposted a 2014 article by British journalist and politician Daniel Hannan (“The biggest success of the left: to forget the German-Soviet pact”). The article was written on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Officers and Gentlemen, Sword of Honour, World War II
Tagged Contrepoints, Daniel Hannan
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