Category Archives: Fiction

Sword of Honour on Several Summer Lists

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s war trilogy Sword of Honour has been named on several recent lists as recommended summer reading. The Irish Times polled a number of readers who also happen to be writers, and novelist John Banville included SoH: David Brown’s new biography … Continue reading →

Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Sword of Honour, World War II | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Sword of Honour on Several Summer Lists

Waugh and Chesterton

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Italian religious website Radio Spada has posted an essay by Luca Fumagalli entitled “Chesterton e Waugh: ridere per non dimenticare“,  roughly “Chesterton and Waugh: laughing so as not to forget.” The article notes that Waugh and Chesterton had little to connect them as … Continue reading →

Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Waugh and Chesterton

American Castles and Brutalist Towers

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of the National Review has an essay by Michael Knox Beran entitled “Why We Love McMansions and Other Modern Castles.” …America, though born in the faith that all men are created equal, is infatuated with castles — … Continue reading →

Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on American Castles and Brutalist Towers

Waugh’s Dystopia

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In the recent wave of interest in dystopian novels following the USA’s change of government, most attention has been focused on 1984, The Handmaid’s Tale (which has been made into a successful TV serial) and Brave New World. Evelyn Waugh’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Auctions, Letters, Love Among The Ruins, Mr. Loveday's Little Outing, Newspapers, Short Stories | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Waugh’s Dystopia

Harry Potter, Brideshead Revisited and Jeremy Corbin

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The London papers are full of comments this week marking the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter novel. In The Spectator, associate editor Toby Young looks at the political and cultural influences that contributed to J … Continue reading →

Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Harry Potter, Brideshead Revisited and Jeremy Corbin

Screen Credit Blues

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Irish Times has a story by Donald Clarke about the dissatisfaction of screen writer Neil Jordan with the final versions of the TV series Riviera episodes now running on Sky TV. According to the IT story, the final versions reflect … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs, The Loved One | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Screen Credit Blues

Commonweal Marks J F Powers Centenary

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Roman Catholic literary magazine Commonweal has marked the centenary of novelist J F Powers birth with an article on Powers’ career entitled “His Bleak Materials” by biographer and critic Jeffrey Meyers. The article begins with Meyers’ memoir of a 1981 … Continue reading →

Posted in A Little Learning, Anniversaries, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers, The Loved One | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Commonweal Marks J F Powers Centenary

Retour à l’europe moderne

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s French publisher Robert Laffont has issued a new printing of the French translation of Brideshead Revisited (Retour à Brideshead). This is a paperback as was the previous version but has a new cover with new dimensions and pagination in … Continue reading →

Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Scoop, Scott-King's Modern Europe | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Retour à l’europe moderne

Two Openings and a Debut

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A Waugh quote opens an article in the South China Morning Post about Djibouti: Not that long ago, Djibouti was known for little more than French legionnaires, atrocious heat and being at the other end of a railway line to … Continue reading →

Posted in A Little Learning, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Hampstead, Newspapers, Remote People | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Two Openings and a Debut

Decline and Fall to be Shown in Overseas Markets

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC First has announced that it will screen its recent adaptation of Decline and Fall in several overseas markets beginning in August. The announcement appears in online TV listing service TVTonite. BBC First is a TV subscription service which operates in markets … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Television | Tagged | Comments Off on Decline and Fall to be Shown in Overseas Markets