Category Archives: Fiction

Ryder, the Father Figure

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A literary weblog called BookerTalk has posted an article naming the 10 most loved or unloved fathers in literature. This is in observance of Father’s Day this weekend. One of those named in the unloved category is the father of Charles Ryder … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Revisited x 2

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A Roman Catholic magazine, the Homilitic and Pastoral Review (HPR), has published a feature length article entitled “ Sacraments in Brideshead Revisited”. The magazine is aimed at church professionals and specializes in articles on “doctrine, spiritual guidance, morality and authentic pastoral practice.” The … Continue reading →

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Waugh Cited in Descriptions of Tory Meeting

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Several news sources are quoting an unnamed Conservative MP who compared the recent meeting of the Party’s Parliamentary membership to a scene written by Evelyn Waugh. Sky News, for example, put it this way: In a scene one MP described as … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Article Reprinted

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The politically conservative journal Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture has posted a 2015 article by Roman Catholic journalist Joseph Pearce. The article, entitled “Revisiting Brideshead“, provides a concise and coherent restatement of the religious underpinnings of Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. Particularly good, … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s 1930

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

An anonymous Spanish-language blogger posting on picapicaweb has written a series of six brief articles tracing Evelyn Waugh’s movements in the year 1930. “Pica pica” is the scientific word for magpie, and the blogger claims to pick up those bits of information … Continue reading →

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Pinfold and the Paranormal

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A  blogger posting as Truthspoon.com has made a detailed analysis of Evelyn Waugh’s novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold and compared the hallucinations described there with those reported by victims of alleged invasive electronic surveillance. According to the blogpost, Waugh’s novel: …gives a … Continue reading →

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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 Echoes in Kevin Kwan Trilogy

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Singapore-born novelist Kevin Kwan has just completed a trilogy of comic novels which began with Crazy Rich Asians in 2013. According to the Seattle Times, the trilogy is set among three intergenerational and ultrarich Chinese families and peppered with hilarious … Continue reading →

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Stephen Fry Film Compared to Waugh

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Mirror in a review of the film adaptation of Stephen Fry’s 1994 novel The Hippopotamus describe it as a “mildly successful hybrid of a film noir detective story and the novels of Evelyn Waugh.” They don’t much like what … Continue reading →

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Waugh Ear Trumpet to be Displayed in Glastonbury

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio Somerset has interviewed the director of the South West Heritage Trust which recently acquired one of Evelyn Waugh’s ear trumpets. This is Tom Mayberry who is interviewed by Radio Somerset’s Charlie Taylor. Mayberry explains that the ear trumpet is intended to … Continue reading →

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