Category Archives: Complete Works

Waugh in Italy

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Milena Borden has kindly sent along this report of the recent Waugh seminar in Milan: On 17 November, at the British Council in Milan, a seminar “A Waugh Fest” took place. It was sponsored by BookCity, Milan University and the … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh to Feature in Great Lives Series

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio 4 has announced a new episode in its “Great Lives” series that will feature a panel discussion of Evelyn Waugh. Here is the announcement: Comedian Russell Kane nominates the novelist Evelyn Waugh, with help from literary critic Ann … Continue reading →

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Waugh Event in Milan

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The British Council in Milan has announced a presentation relating to Evelyn Waugh later this week.  Here are the details: On occasion of the 2018 edition of Bookcity, the British Council Milan, in collaboration with the Department of Modern Languages … Continue reading →

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Kelmscott Manor, Rossetti and Waugh

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The following article was sent by Waugh Society member Milena Borden: Kelmscott Manor built around 1600 was the Cotswolds home of William Morris – writer, designer and craftsman – from 1871 until his death in 1896. It was also the … Continue reading →

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Incomplete Works

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The Oxford University Press commissioned a review of three early volumes of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh from its sister publication Essays in Criticism. A review of these volumes (Vile Bodies, Precocious Waughs, and Rossetti) has been ably written by … Continue reading →

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BBC: Waugh and Eliot

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

There will be a program on BBC4 tonight that may be of interest to our readers. This is “Return to TS Eliotland,” presented by A N Wilson. It will air at 9pm and will be available on BBC iPlayer thereafter. … Continue reading →

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Lord Ottercove Redux

Posted on October 6, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The pages of the TLS  have been the scene for the reappearance of a character named Lord Ottercove who first surfaced (or not) in the novels of Evelyn Waugh and William Gerhardie. This discussion started with Paula Byrne’s review of … Continue reading →

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Waugh: A Review and A Profile

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In the latest issue of the Australian literary journal Quadrant, Mark McGinness reviews the first volume of Waugh’s collected journalism in v. 26 (Essays, Articles and Reviews 1922-1934) of OUP’s Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh edited by Prof Donat Gallagher. … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Lectures: Lancing, Leicester and Langport

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Several lectures have been announced that may be of interest to our readers in the UK: —Lancing College has announced this year’s Evelyn Waugh lecturer: The Evelyn Waugh Lecture was started in 2008 as a means of thanking all members … Continue reading →

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Battle of the Oxfords

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The regional UK paper Frome Times has announced an upcoming event that may be of interest to our readers: Lutyens’ Mells Park is the venue for a hot debate on Who Was Shakespeare? between biographer and critic Alexander Waugh, grandson … Continue reading →

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