Category Archives: Officers and Gentlemen

Waugh Introduces New Edition of Greek Poetry

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

References to Waugh’s novels are used to introduce a review of the first volume of a new edition of The Greek Anthology published by Harvard University Press and The Loeb Library. The review is by Hayden Pelliccia and appears in a recent … Continue reading →

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Waugh and the RAF

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Foreign Policy magazine is publishing excerpts from a new book by Thomas Ricks entitled Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom. The latest installment discusses the RAF pilots who prevented a German invasion in the Battle of Britain and who were predominantly … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Oldie Article: “Too Close for Comfort”

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of Oldie magazine has an article (“Too Close for Comfort”) by Michael Barber on novelists’ use of those they know from real life to create characters in their fiction. Barber is the author of a Brief Life of Evelyn … Continue reading →

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Graham Greene and Helena

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Peter Harrington Books has posted a long list of Waugh rare and first editions which includes several items of interest. A “featured” item is an uncorrected proof of Brideshead Revisited (estimate ÂŁ15,000). This is not one of the 50 presentation copies, but … Continue reading →

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Biography of Robert Laycock Published

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A biography of Robert Laycock, Evelyn Waugh’s commanding officer in WWII, has been published in the UK. This is The Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock by Richard Mead. The book is featured on a British military website (Army … Continue reading →

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Waugh, Churchill and Maisky

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The National Interest magazine, a U.S. bi-monthly espousing what is described as a realist view on foreign policy, has reviewed the diaries of Ivan Maisky, who was the Soviet ambassador in the U.K. at the beginning of WWII. The review … Continue reading →

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Waugh Cited on 75th Anniversary of Invasion of Soviet Union

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. Up to then the two countries had been allies, and the invasion ended up converting the Soviets into allies of the Western forces, at that point … Continue reading →

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Labels Reassessed

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A multicultural, award-winning internet portal called Qantara.de has posted a new review (or reassessment) of Waugh’s 1930 travel book Labels: A Mediterranean Journey. This site is sponsored by several German cultural and political institutions, including the Goethe Institut and Deutsche … 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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Books and Booze

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The Guardian has published an article on what books make you thirsty. This is by Henry Jeffrys who just wrote a whole book on the subject. In his column, he runs through examples by Ernest Hemingway (Farewell to Arms), Patrick Hamilton … Continue reading →

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