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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Queen Victoria @ 200
On Queen Victoria’s 200th birthday we should recall that Evelyn Waugh was a keen admirer of all things Victorian, if not necessarily the Queen herself. He wrote several articles dedicated to Victoriana at a time when it was not a … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Newspapers
Tagged Australia, Mark McGinness, Quadrant, Queen Victoria, Robert Byron
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Waugh Walk and Beaton Exhibit
The Bodleian Library in Oxford has announced a Psychogeographic Writing/Walking tour around Oxford. This will take place on Saturday, 1 June at 1000a-1300p starting from the Weston Library on Broad Street. Here’s the description: Join poet, writer and academic R.M.Francis … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Events, London, Newspapers, Oxford, Vile Bodies
Tagged Bodleian Library, Cecil Beaton, Evening Standard, Guardian, National Portrait Gallery
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Waugh and Academia.edu
An article on Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited has recently appeared on a website called academia.edu. This is by Dr Joanna Bratten and is entitled “From Arcadia to Ascesis: the necessary loss of pleasure in Brideshead Revisited”. Dr Bratten also presented a paper … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences
Tagged Academia.edu, Joanna Bratten
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Abyssinian Roundup
–A new study of the Italo-Ethiopian War examines charges that the Italian side systematically bombed hospitals. This is “Between Sovereignty and Race: The Bombardment of Hospitals in the Italo-Ethiopian War and the Colonial Imprint of International Law” appearing in the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Newspapers, Remote People, Scoop, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Colonialism, Conrad Black, Italo-Abyssinian War, Spectator, State Crime Journal
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William Boyd’s A to Z of Evelyn Waugh
Lancing College has posted a report of the talk at the college’s annual Evelyn Waugh Lecture given last month by novelist William Boyd. Here’s Lancing’s description of the event: William Boyd, the master story teller, novelist and screenwriter delighted his … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Lancing, Lectures, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies, World War II
Tagged Evelyn Waugh Lecture, Ian Fleming, William Boyd
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Scoop in Chipping Campden
Duncan McLaren has posted a report of his presentation on Waugh’s Scoop at last week’s literary festival in Chipping Campden. His talk took the lively audience through the novel with Waugh at their sides. It was supported with numerous relevant … Continue reading
Posted in Complete Works, Festivals, Scoop
Tagged American Thinker, Chipping Campden Literary Festival 2019, Duncan McLaren, New Republic
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Radio Adaptation of Decline & Fall Rebroadcast
BBC Radio 4 Extra will rebroadcast its two-episode adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall starting this Thursday. This adaptation by Jeremy Front was first transmitted in 2015, and this is apparently its first rebroadcast. Front has also adapted other … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Conferences, Newspapers, Radio, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Mail, Jeremy Front, Player.fm
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Mother’s Day Roundup
–The Washington Post has an op-ed article by Anne Applebaum that opens with this comparison between Donald Trump and Lord Copper from Waugh’s novel Scoop: “A few sharp victories, some conspicuous acts of personal bravery on the Patriot side and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Labels, Newspapers, Scoop, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged Catholic Herald, First Things, New Zealand Herald, P.G.Wodehouse, Rex Whistler, Washington Post
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Waugh and Albatross
Naomi Milthorpe, the editor of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh volume of Black Mischief, has posted a report of her research at the Harry Ransom Center (University of Texas). This is on the University of Leicester staffblog and relates to … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Complete Works, Research
Tagged Albatross Books, Monty Python's Fling Circus, Naomi Milthorpe
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“American Epoch” Revisited
In an article posted on the weblog, The Just Third Way, Michael Greaney discusses Waugh’s 1949 Life magazine article on the Roman Catholic Church in America. Greaney introduces the subject with a brief reference to several critics of the Church … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Love Among The Ruins, The Loved One
Tagged Life Magazine, Michael Greaney
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