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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
Evelyn Waugh, Walter Gropius and Prof Otto Silenus
Fiona MacCarthy, biographer and art historian, has written a biography of architect Walter Gropius. At least two reviewers have noted his contribution to the character of Prof Otto Silenus in Waugh’s debut novel Decline and Fall. Novelist Philip Hensher, writing … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Biographies, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Bauhaus, Fiona MacCarthy, Guardian, John Carey, Philip Hensher, Spectator, The Sunday Times, Walter Gropius
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Waugh in Kenya
A French language weblog is in the process of posting a longer article entitled “The Happy Valley: Des Blancs au Kenya [Whites in Kenya]”. This contains, in part 2, a brief chapter on Evelyn Waugh’s contribution to the subject. The … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Remote People
Tagged "Le Comte Lanza", Kenya
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Brideshead Theme in Syfy TV Series
The internet newspaper Vox.com has posted an article about a long-running TV series on the Syfy Channel. This is based on the fantasy novels of Lev Grossman called The Magicians Trilogy and is now in its fourth season on Syfy. … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Lancashire Telegraph, Lev Grossman, Lytham Hall, Syfy Channel, The Magicians Trilogy, Vox.com
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Compton Mackenzie Reconsidered
In the wake of the recent New Statesman essay seeking to revive an interest in JB Priestley, the latest New Criterion has published one seeking to create a renewed interest in another neglected novelist of the same period. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Compton Mackenzie, David Platzer, New Criterion, Sinister Street
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Roundup
–Two posts independently made the same point earlier this week relating to Jewish-American writer Chaim Potok. Potok wrote mostly of the Orthodox Hassidic Jewish community. The first notice appeared on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac: When he was about 14 years … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags
Tagged BBC History Magazine, Chaim Potok, Country Houses, Henry VI, Irish Times, Max Hastings, The Times
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TLS: “When the Script Hits the Fan”
In this week’s “Freelance” column of the TLS, novelist/critic DJ Taylor takes up the issue of fan letters to writers. He starts by characterizing those he himself has received, extending from the extravagant praiser to the anti-fan via the mildly … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Anthony Powell, DJ Taylor, Fan Mail, TLS
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Some Waugh-Themed Entertainments
–Merton College, Oxford and the Lennox Berkeley Society have announced an afternoon program of lecture and music: “To celebrate Lennox Berkeley’s four years as an undergraduate at Merton (1922–6), and to mark the thirtieth anniversary of his death.” This will … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Oxford, Theater
Tagged Brideshead Obliterated, Dixon Place, Elise LeBreton, Lennox Berkeley Society, Selina Hastings, The Scarlet Woman
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Prize-Winning Essay About “Robbery Under Law”
A review has appeared in the Mexican newspaper Milenio about an essay relating to Waugh’s 1939 book Robbery Under Law. The essay is written in Spanish by Armando González Torres and is entitled “¡País de ladrones! Evelyn Waugh y México” … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Robbery Under Law
Tagged Armando Gonzalez Torrres, Malcolm Lowry Prize, Mexico, Milenio
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Autograph Post Card Sold on E-bay
A 1954 handwritten but unsigned post card from Evelyn Waugh to Gerald Matthews (described as a sports journalist) was recently sold on E-bay. The post card is postmarked 2 July 1954 and reads: “Chokey was a minor character who had … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Items for Sale, Letters
Tagged E-bay, Gerald Matthews
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