Category Archives: Diaries

Waugh Passage Included in Book on Post-War Germany

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A new book edited by Lara Feigel collects writings from various sources describing Germany in the aftermath of WWII. This is Bitter Taste of Victory to be published in the U.K. on 28 January by Bloomsbury. Feigel is the author of … Continue reading →

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Publisher of Waugh’s Diaries and Letters Dies

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Telegraph has announced the death at the age of 96 of George Weidenfeld, who published Waugh’s Diaries and Letters. According to the Telegraph, Weidenfeld sometimes said that [Vladimir Nabokov’s] Lolita (1959, a “cautionary tale”) and [Mary McCarthy’s] The Group … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Travel Diary

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A book has been published that is made up of travel entries by various writers in diaries, journals and letters. These are arranged by the day and month on which they are written so that the reader may select a travel … Continue reading →

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English Men of Letters

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Critic and novelist D.J. Taylor’s new study The Prose Factory: Literary Life in England since 1918 is being reviewed in advance of its January 7th U.K. publication date. The book is primarily devoted to those who made their livings as men (or … Continue reading →

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Tanks, but No Tanks

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

A brief history of the Battle of Crete has been posted on a military history weblog. In it there is a brief mention of Waugh and his Commando unit in action. This occurs near the end of the battle: After … Continue reading →

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Waugh and the Turtleneck

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest New York Times Magazine has a story by Troy Patterson predicting the comeback of the turtleneck. Evelyn Waugh figures in the background material. The turtleneck’s introduction as a fashion statement is traced to the 1920s when Noel Coward … Continue reading →

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Battle at “Brideshead”

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday both carry reports of a sibling battle at Castle Howard over the running and occupancy of the estate. The North Yorkshire estate was the setting for both film adaptations of Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. Waugh himself had … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Murals

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The Tablet carries an interesting story of how the murals in the Lady Chapel at Campion Hall, Oxford came to be painted. They were funded from the sale of Waugh’s biography, Edmund Campion, although Waugh himself had no role in choosing … Continue reading →

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BBC Does Longleat

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The BBC has produced a documentary series on Longleat House and its owners. This is All Change at Longleat and it focuses on the current Marquess of Bath and his son, Ceawlin (aka Viscount Weymouth). Lord Bath is not a newcomer to publicity having … Continue reading →

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Another Brideshead Birthday Greeting

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Today’s Daily Telegraph carries another article by Eleanor Doughty marking the 70th anniversary of Brideshead Revisited‘s publication on May 28, 1945. The article begins by discussing models used by Waugh for characters in the novel, breaking no new ground in … Continue reading →

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