Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited

Town & Country Remembers Waugh

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

This month 75 years ago Town & Country magazine, based in New York, completed the serial publication of Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited with its fourth monthly installment issued in February 1945. This abbreviated version preceded by several months the first … Continue reading →

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Presidents’ Day Roundup

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The New York Public Library is celebrating its 125th anniversary and has used the occasion to ask its staff to choose the best 125 books for adult reading published during its lifetime. One of those selected is Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited … Continue reading →

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Pre-Valentine Roundup

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Duncan McLaren has added a new Waugh chum in his descriptions of “visitors” to the Castle Howard Brideshead Festival. This is Patrick Balfour who was a friend of Waugh from his Oxford days. They remained friends until Waugh’s death. Balfour … Continue reading →

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Waugh News from Slovenia and Sweden

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Slovenian online newspaper Ljubljanske Novice has published a brief review of the recent translation of Scoop into Slovenian (Esklusiva). See previous post. The novel is described as: …a satire on journalism. Waugh wrote the novel in part from the … Continue reading →

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Daisy Waugh’s New Novel Reviewed

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Several papers have published advanced reviews of Daisy Waugh’s new book In the Crypt with a Candlestick. This will be published later this month. See earlier post for report of an interview. Here’s the review by Natasha Cooper in the … Continue reading →

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New Daisy Waugh Novel Includes a Brideshead Spin-off

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Daisy Waugh’s latest novel entitled In the Crypt with a Candlestick will be published next month. The novel is described in an interview of the author by the Daily Mail as having a Brideshead RevisitedĀ “spin-off” theme in the plot: Waugh’s … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Marathon in Norway

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Kunstnernes Hus (Artists’ House) in Oslo has announced a marathon session of the 1981 Brideshead Revisited Granada TV series. This will take place on the weekend of 22-23 February. Here’s a translation of the announcement: A rare opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Celebrations, or not, as the Case May Be

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The GuardianĀ in an editorial recently addressed various proposals to celebrate (or gloat over) Brexit. These range from suggestions of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson that Big Ben be temporarily brought back into service to ring in their victory and Leave … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Labels Reattached

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The weblog Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings contains a review of Waugh’s early travel book Labels. This is a thoughtful critique of an often overlooked book: This is certainly no saccharine account of a trip round pretty places; if Waugh dislikes a … Continue reading →

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John Ivan Simon (1925-2019): R. I. P.

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

John Simon, one of America’s great critics of theatre and film died in November the age of 94. His death was widely noted, and this obituary excerpted from the New York Times is fairly representative: In a style that danced … Continue reading →

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