Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh Studies

D J Taylor on the Roman-à-Clef

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

In this week’s TLS, D J Taylor has contributed an essay in the Freelance column entitled “Write who you know: Ending up in a roman-à-clef.” This begins with a discussion of the four post-war novels written by William Cooper, starting … Continue reading →

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Groundhog Day Roundup

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Duncan McLaren adds a second entry in his new series of posts which involve the imagined visits of Waugh’s friends to this summer’s Brideshead Festival at Castle Howard. In this one, Dick Young (a fellow schoolmaster at Arnold House and … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh Studies (Autumn 2019) Now Available

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest edition of the society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies (Autumn 2019, No. 50.2) is now available. It can be accessed at this link. The contents are set out below: CONTENTS Brideshead Serialized: 75th Anniversary of Publication in Town & … Continue reading →

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Socialites to Socialists: Inez Holden and Nancy Mitford

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

Two books in the news were written by or about two of Waugh’s friends and fellow writers: Inez Holden and Nancy Mitford. As explained in reviews of those books, both progressed from upper-class to left-wing political views: –Novelist and critic … Continue reading →

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Waugh Appears in Danish Trilogy

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of The Spectator contains a review of  translations of a Danish writer who describes a meeting with Waugh in Copenhagen in the 1940s. This is Tove Ditlevsen and the books are entitled The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood, Youth, … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Academia: Shanghai and Oxford

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

A paper relating to Waugh will be presented later this week at an academic conference in China. This is entitled “Hearing Voices: The Extended Mind in Evelyn Waugh’s The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold“. It will be offered on Saturday, 21 September … Continue reading →

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Spring Issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies Published

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies (No. 50.1, Spring 2019) has been distributed. The contents are noted below. A copy may be accessed here. ARTICLES  “Huxley’s Ape”: Waugh in Scandinavia (August-September 1947), by Jeffrey Manley Between his first two trips to … Continue reading →

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Weedon Grossmith (d. 14 June 1919)

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

Weedon Grossmith, best known as the co-author of The Diary of a Nobody (1892) died 100 years ago today. His collaborator was his brother George Grossmith who died in 1912. They were both also successful stage performers and wrote scripts … Continue reading →

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Winter Evelyn Waugh Studies

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

The Winter 2018 issue (No. 49.3) of Evelyn Waugh Studies has been published. The contents are described below. A copy is posted on the EW Society website: ARTICLES Jacqueline Condon, “The Mystery of Grace: Brideshead Revisited as a Chestertonian Detective … Continue reading →

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Russell Baker 1925-2019

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

Russell Baker, one of America’s leading journalists in the last half of the 20th Century, has died at the age of 93. He was best known as a reporter and columnist for the New York Times. But he got his … Continue reading →

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