Category Archives: Fiction

BBC Radio 4 to Rebroadcast Waugh Short Story

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s short story “On Guard” will be rebroadcast in two parts next week on BBC Radio 4 Extra. The story was originally published in Harper’s Bazaar (London) in December 1934. It is included in Waugh’s 1936 collection Mr Loveday’s Little Outing … Continue reading →

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Weekend Roundup: From Sword of Honour to Women of Knossos

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In a recent issue of The Australian, Greg Sheridan writes about how his countrymen should deal with the shame of the recent cricket cheating scandal. This is entitled “National brand needs tending, not tears.” As an example of how the … Continue reading →

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“Mr Waugh’s Cities” Posted on Internet

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

A link to Prof Frank Kermode’s essay from Encounter magazine for November 1960 has been posted on the internet. This is entitled “Mr Waugh’s Cities” and is about Waugh’s views on religion as reflected in his fiction up to The … Continue reading →

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Travelers’ Waugh

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh was well known as a travel writer and two foreign newspapers have cited his work in their recent travel columns. In the Kenyan newspaper, Daily Nation, columnist John Fox pulled out an old, unread copy of Waugh’s last … Continue reading →

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Roundup: A Legacy, a Plaque, 2 Lists and a Mystery

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

British Heritage Travel Magazine has published a profile of Alexander Waugh entitled “A Legacy Revisited”. This is by Stephen G and is datelined 29 March 2018. It opens with a brief summary of the ongoing difficulties of securing and restoring … Continue reading →

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Waugh Watering Holes in the News

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Two pubs associated with Evelyn Waugh’s life in the 1920-30s have recently been in the news: the Abingdon Arms in Beckley, Oxon., and the Fair View Inn in Llanddulas, North Wales. In  one case the news is good, in the … Continue reading →

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Histories: A Movement and a Prize

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s issue of the National Review contains a brief article assessing the status of William F Buckley’s conservative movement 10 years after his death. This is by Charles Correll III and begins by defining the questions faced today by … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Actress Dies in France

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Actress Stéphane Audran who played Cara in the 1981 Granada TV production of Brideshead Revisited has died in France at the age of 85. She was married at one time to new wave film director Claude Chabrol and at another, … Continue reading →

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Waugh Biographer Target of Poison Pen

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Paula Byrne, is well known in this parish for her 2009 “partial life” of Waugh, Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead. She has also appeared and submitted papers at two Waugh conferences, one of which was notably presented in … Continue reading →

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Waugh Short Story to be Presented at Getty Center

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s 1930 short story “The Manager of ‘The Kremlin’” will be presented tomorrow as part of program called “Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story” at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. This is described as “an annual series … Continue reading →

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