Category Archives: Fiction

Spectator Article Reprises the Perroquet

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

In this week’s Spectator, Bruce Anderson calls up scenes from Black Mischief to describe the ideal nightclub. This is the Perroquet in Debra Dowa: I thought about Black Mischief while giving dinner to delightful young Alex in a more conventional club … Continue reading →

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Waugh Cited in Latest Cameron Dispute

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

In today’s Guardian, there is a discussion of the allegations that David Cameron was a member of a secret Oxford club called the Piers Gaveston Society. It was founded in 1977 and named for Edward’s II’s lover. These stories have been … Continue reading →

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Debut Novel Inspired By Brideshead

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Kate Scelsa, whose first novel has just been published, explains in yesterday’s Guardian how her book was inspired by Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. She was given the book by a college housemate but read it only several years later. As a … Continue reading →

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Joshua Cohen Awarded Copy of Scoop

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

In a recent review in the New York Times, novelist and critic Joshua Cohen went a bit over the top and has been called out for it in the Weekly Standard. Cohen is best known for his novels, including Witz (2010) and … Continue reading →

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V&A Reunites Brideshead

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Last night at the Victoria & Albert Museum there was a panel discussion relating to the Granada TV 1980s  production of Brideshead Revisited.  The panel included actors Diana Quick (Julia Flyte) and Nicholas Grace (Anthony Blanche) as well as Derek … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Psychedelia

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s Spectator reviews a book by Rob Chapman about the history of psychedelic drugs. The title is Psychedelia and Other Colours . The book includes a consideration of the contribution made by novelist Aldous Huxley to the popularization of drugs … 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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New Waugh Sources Posted on Roman Catholic Blog

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Writer and economist Michael Greaney has posted an essay on Catholic365, a website for articles of interest to Roman Catholic readers, that claims a new source for some of Evelyn Waugh’s works. This source is said to be in  the writings of Robert … Continue reading →

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Waugh on Spender

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Satirist Craig Brown has reviewed a memoir of poet Stephen Spender in this week’s Mail on Sunday. This is a book by Spender’s son Matthew entitled A House in St. John’s Wood: In Search of My Parents. Among other revelations, … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Named Among Top 10 Literary Castles

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The Guardian has named Brideshead Castle among its list of Top 10 literary castles and country houses.  The list was put together by Helen Maslin as part of the Guardian’s ongoing series on Top 10 Children’s Books.  Others selected incude Nancy Mitford’s … Continue reading →

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