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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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Waugh Recognized as Expert on Style

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

In yesterday’sĀ Guardian, Waugh is named twice by novelist and bibliophile Joseph Connolly in his list of Top 10 books on the topic of “style.” Connolly (no apparent relation to Waugh’s friend Cyril Connolly a/k/a Everard Spruce) names Brideshead Revisited as … Continue reading →

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