Category Archives: Catholicism

Waugh Included in Catholic Book List

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The editor of a nondenominational Christian online news site, The Christian Review, has compiled a list of what he considers the best 100 Catholic novels. These include novels published between 1827 and 2011 and are listed chronologically. The somewhat subjective … Continue reading →

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Waugh and St Dominic’s Dursley

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Richard Barton has posted on the internet the text of a booklet published in 1989 in which he wrote the history of Roman Catholic worship in Dursley, Gloucestershire, from 1933 to 1989. Dursley is the town next to the village of … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reviewed in Cambridge and Elsewhere

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Brideshead Revisited opened its run at the Cambridge Arts Theatre yesterday and is reviewed today in the Cambridge News. In the review, by Lydia Fallon, she finds herself  really wanting to love [the] play, but then leaving the theatre feeling a … Continue reading →

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Simon Heffer Links Waugh and Greene

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Critic and columnist Simon Heffer has written an essay assessing Graham Greene’s work in the Telegraph. He admits to having had a problem with some of Greene’s work, especially the Roman Catholic bits, but after setting out to read though the … Continue reading →

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Evelyn and Kick

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Paula Byrne’s book about Kathleen (“Kick”) Kennedy is reviewed in today’s Independent newspaper of Ireland. Byrne previously wrote a study of Waugh and the Lygon family of Madresfield: Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead. She spoke about her latest book, entitled Kick: … Continue reading →

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Coping with Modern Times

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

On the religious weblog Patheos, Tod Worner (blogging as “A Catholic Thinker”) has posted an article entitled “How Evelyn Waugh Taught Me to Cope with Modern Times.” The title, on its face, seems intended to be ironic, since Waugh himself never managed … Continue reading →

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Another Memorial Essay: Who’s A Naughty Boy, Then?

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The neoconservative internet newspaper The Washington Free Beacon has posted an essay by journalist Matthew Walther on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death. This is entitled “Naughty Boy,” somewhat reminiscent of Ludovic’s conversations with his new puppy … Continue reading →

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The Tablet Reprints Excerpt from Waugh Requiem

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of The Tablet reprints an excerpt from the address delivered by Fr. Philip Caraman at the Requiem Mass for Evelyn Waugh at Westminster Cathedral on 21 April 1966: Christ commanded us to trade with our talents. This Evelyn Waugh … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reimagined

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Bloggers on two religious weblogs try to reimagine how the family issues Waugh described in Brideshead Revisited would be affected by the new Roman Catholic teachings on marriage known as Amoris Laetitia. One site is sponsored by a Protestant group (Old Life) … Continue reading →

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50th Anniversary and Rex Mottram Feature on Weblogs

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Mike T in his weblog Boats Against the Current added another article to the  growing list of internet encomia on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death. He makes an interesting comparison with other writers of a curmudgeonly type: … Continue reading →

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