Category Archives: Diaries

Waugh-Designed Bookplate on Ebay

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A book for sale on ebay contains a bookplate designed by Evelyn Waugh. The book belonged to Dudley Carew (1903-1981), Waugh’s school friend from Lancing who later wrote a memoir entitled A Fragment of Friendship: Evelyn Waugh as a young man (1974). … Continue reading →

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Ducker of the Turl (More)

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Another story has appeared in connection with the closure of the shoemakers Ducker and Sons in The Turl, Oxford. See earlier post. This will occur later this month according to the story in The Oxford Times. The store’s ledgers are to … Continue reading →

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Waugh for the Holidays

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

As the holidays approach, the media are gathering their year end collections of journalistic musings on 2016. Several of these implicate Evelyn Waugh or his writings. In the Daily Express, comedian Ruby Wax names a Waugh novel as one of her … Continue reading →

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Milk in First

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A recent article in the Sunday Telegraph describes its reporter’s experiences in a venture  …at the Lanesborough hotel in London, which has recently launched an afternoon tea etiquette experience in partnership with Debrett’s, which has been Britain’s authority on etiquette and … Continue reading →

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Waugh Character Models Surface in Blogs

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Two of Waugh’s character models have surfaced in recent blogs. These are Brenda Dean Paul and Kate Meyrick. Dean Paul may have contributed to any number of characters in Vile Bodies. She was perhaps the most prominent of the Bright … Continue reading →

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Quick Delivery of A Little Order

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A blogger living in London (blogging as Dickon Edwards) has posted an experience of brick and mortar booksellers becoming more competitive with their online counterparts: There are many reasons to buy books from bookshops rather than Amazon, but one is … Continue reading →

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Leicester Schedules Waugh Events for Literary Festival

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Literary Leicester Festival has announced an ambitious schedule of Waugh-related events on Friday, November 18. A panel on textual editing will meet at 3-4pm at which Prof Martin Stannard and Drs Barbara Cooke and Sharon Ouditt will discuss issues … Continue reading →

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BBC Posts Photo of Capt. Waugh at Brains Trust

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio 4 has posted on its Twitter page a photo of Waugh taken at his appearance in a wartime broadcast of its popular Home Service radio program called Brains Trust. The posting is in connection with National Book Lovers Day … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Revisted Yet Again

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Actor Jeremy Irons, who famously played Charles Ryder in the 1981 Granada TV production of Brideshead Revisited, recently made another visit to its setting. He was artist in residence at the Ryedale Festival in which he appeared in “A Meeting … Continue reading →

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Biography Reviewed in Country Life

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of Country Life magazine has a review of the new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade. This is by James Fergusson, freelance journalist and author of several books. In addition to the usual discussions, Fergusson focusses in … Continue reading →

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