Category Archives: Fiction

Brideshead Marathon in Norway

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Kunstnernes Hus (Artists’ House) in Oslo has announced a marathon session of the 1981 Brideshead Revisited Granada TV series. This will take place on the weekend of 22-23 February. Here’s a translation of the announcement: A rare opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Celebrations, or not, as the Case May Be

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Guardian in an editorial recently addressed various proposals to celebrate (or gloat over) Brexit. These range from suggestions of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson that Big Ben be temporarily brought back into service to ring in their victory and Leave … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Labels Reattached

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–The weblog Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings contains a review of Waugh’s early travel book Labels. This is a thoughtful critique of an often overlooked book: This is certainly no saccharine account of a trip round pretty places; if Waugh dislikes a … Continue reading →

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John Ivan Simon (1925-2019): R. I. P.

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

John Simon, one of America’s great critics of theatre and film died in November the age of 94. His death was widely noted, and this obituary excerpted from the New York Times is fairly representative: In a style that danced … Continue reading →

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Ma Meyrick Gains Place in Dictionary of Irish Biography

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Royal Irish Academy has posted a new entry in the Dictionary of Irish Biography. This relates to Kate Evelyn Meyrick (also known as Ma Meyrick and, to Waugh readers, as Ma Mayfield). She was born in Kingtown, Dublin into … Continue reading →

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Waugh: Harry Potter and Sunglasses

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

A quote from Evelyn Waugh was recently added to a Tumblr.com page called Harry Potter House Quotes. Each quote contributed is reviewed by Carmen and Fiona, who run the page, to decide its relevance and in which “house” to place … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Roundup

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–On his weblog Anecdotal Evidence, Patrick Kurp has a posting that quotes and summarizes Waugh’s New Year’s article for Harper’s Bazaar, dated 9 January 1934. Here’s an excerpt: […] Waugh shifts between the personal and national. He had spent the first … Continue reading →

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Castle Howard on Channel 4

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The UK’s Channel 4 has rebroadcast the episode of Phil Spencer’s Stately Homes that covers the visit to Castle Howard. This was first broadcast as the second episode of the program’s first series on 16 August 2016. Spencer makes only … Continue reading →

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Reading Dickens in the Jungle, et al.

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–An article has been posted on Academia.edu entitled “Reading Dickens in the Jungle: A Handful of Dust and Mr Pip.” This is by Alessandro Vescovi, professor of English at the Università degli Studi di Milano (University of Milan). It previously appeared … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s New Year’s Eve 1947

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

The Herald (Glasgow) has a story about Scottish New Year celebrations (known as Hogmanay) that starts with this reference to an Evelyn Waugh novel. THERE’S a wonderful line about Hogmanay in Evelyn Waugh’s classic 1948 novel, The Loved One. Dennis Barlow, … Continue reading →

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