Category Archives: Complete Works

Simon J. James (1950-2025) R.I.P.

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

Duncan McLaren has advised that literary scholar Prof. Simon J James died earlier this week. He was active in the EWS and was editor of the Decline and Fall volume of the  OUP’s Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. This would be … Continue reading →

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Mid-September Roundup

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–A new biography of Claud Cockburn, friend and cousin of Evelyn Waugh has been published. This is entitled Believe in Nothing Until It is Officially Denied and is reviewed on the British political website conservativehome.com. The book by Patrick Cockburn … Continue reading →

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TLS Reviews The Loved One

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

Jonathan Keates has reviewed the OUP’s new Collected Works edition of Waugh’s 1948 novel The Loved One. This appears in the current edition of the Times Literary Supplement (16 August 2024). The article is entitled: “Slumber Room, then Paradise: Evelyn … Continue reading →

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General Election Roundup

Posted on June 29, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

—The Oldie has posted an article by A N Wilson commenting on elections with particular reference to the one scheduled for next week in the UK. Here’s an excerpt where he is reminded of Evelyn Waugh’s position on that subject: … Continue reading →

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Another Look at Penguin Hardbacks

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

A 2011 article from The London Magazine by Paul Williamson recently became available on the internet. This is his review of the first 8 volumes of Evelyn Waugh’s books as published by Penguin Books in that year. Penguin at that … Continue reading →

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OUP Announces New Waugh Volume

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

The Oxford University Press has announced a new volume in its ongoing Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh series. This will be CWEW Volume 10: The Loved One: An Anglo- American Tragedy. Its tentative UK release date is 23 April 2024 … Continue reading →

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New Issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies Posted

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

A new issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies, the Society’s journal, has been posted. This is vol 54.2 (Autumn 2023). Here is the summary by the Society’s Secretary Jamie Collinson: I write to provide you with Evelyn Waugh Studies 54.2 which I can … Continue reading →

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Armistice Day Roundup

Posted on November 12, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

—The Spectator carries an article revealing renewed interest in the works of innovative novelist Ronald Firbank. This is by contemporary novelist Alan Hollinghurst and is inspired by the recent erection of a Blue Plaque commemorating Firbank’s residence at 33 Curzon … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh Studies 54.1 (Spring 2023) Posted

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies has been posted. Here is a summary of its contents from the Society’s secretary Jamie Collinson: It’s not often that someone finds a new angle into Waugh that yields genuine insight, … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Mostly Books

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–In Saturday’s Daily Telegraph politician and journalist Charles Moore sees connections between Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour trilogy and a new book by Daniel Finkelstein. Here are the opening paragraphs: I have just caught up with Daniel Finkelstein’s newish book … Continue reading →

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