Category Archives: Fiction

US Edition of Waugh Biography Previewed

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The US edition of the new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade has been previewed in the current issue of Kirkus Reviews. This publication is based on advance galley proofs, and is intended for use by those in the … Continue reading →

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Waugh Event at Henley Festival Early Sell Out

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Henley Standard for today reports that the Evelyn Waugh event at the Henley Literary Festival next month was its first sell out. Philip Eade will discuss his new biography of Waugh in a session at Stonor Park where lunch will be … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Revisted Yet Again

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Actor Jeremy Irons, who famously played Charles Ryder in the 1981 Granada TV production of Brideshead Revisited, recently made another visit to its setting. He was artist in residence at the Ryedale Festival in which he appeared in “A Meeting … Continue reading →

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Daily Mail on Location with Decline and Fall

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Mail sent a reporter (Poppy Danby) and, more importantly, a photograper, to the location in Wales where the BBC’s production of Decline and Fall is being filmed. The results are posted in the Mailonline edition and contain more photos … Continue reading →

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Simon Heffer on Decline and Fall

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In today’s Daily Telegraph, journalist, author, and political commentator Simon Heffer has written an essay on Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall. He recalls being assigned to read it at the age of 16 in a pile of books for his entrance … Continue reading →

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D J Taylor on Open Book

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The BBC Radio 4 Open Book episode broadcast today promised a guide to the works of Evelyn Waugh. This was offered in the form of presenter Mariella Frostrup’s interview of novelist and critic D J Taylor. Frostrup opened with a mention … Continue reading →

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William Boyd Reviews Pasternak Slater and Eade in Guardian

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Novelist and Waugh admirer William Boyd in today’s Guardian reviews the new books on Waugh by Ann Pasternak Slater and Philip Eade. See earlier posts. Perhaps because the Guardian had already reviewed Eade’s book, Boyd spends most of his review … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Politics; Margot at the DNC

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Guardian carries a story about the current renewed popularity of nostalgia in Britain. This harks back to the fashion started by the TV version of Brideshead Revisited, and the Guardian’s reporter (Stuart Jeffries) finds that nostalgia has a political … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Included in All-Time Best TV Line-up

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A Boston Globe reporter (Matthew Gilbert) decided to put together an all-time best schedule of TV programs to be watched during a one-week period (evenings only). Saturday was scheduled as “Epic” night, and the 1981 Granada TV series of Brideshead … Continue reading →

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Charles Ryder in the Chapel

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Rev. Terrance W. Klein, S.J., a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dodge City, uses the last paragraphs of Brideshead Revisited to conclude an essay on prayer. This essay appears in the online edition of America: The National Catholic Review published … Continue reading →

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