Category Archives: Scoop

Upcoming Waugh Events: Aberdeen and Leipzig

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

—Random House has announced a Waugh-related promotional event at the upcoming Leipzig Book Fair next month.  They will offer two readings by Jan Weiler of selections from his audiobook in German of the unexpurgated translation of Waugh’s novel Scoop.  This … Continue reading →

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Waugh News from Slovenia and Sweden

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Slovenian online newspaper Ljubljanske Novice has published a brief review of the recent translation of Scoop into Slovenian (Esklusiva). See previous post. The novel is described as: …a satire on journalism. Waugh wrote the novel in part from the … Continue reading →

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Year End Roundup

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

—The Australian has a story headed by a photo of Evelyn Waugh.  The story is by Greg Harrison and is entitled “Our prime ministers need a holiday–and time to read a novel for pleasure.” After noting his disagreement with those who … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Slovenia

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s novel Scoop has recently been published in Slovenian, the language spoken in what was once the northernmost province of former Yugoslavia.  The translation is by Dušanka Zabukovec who also wrote an Introduction. The book is published by Cankarjeva založba, … Continue reading →

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Waugh in History

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

Former Conservative MP and European Commissioner and now Life Peer Christopher Tugendhat has written a book called A History of Britain Through Books: 1900-1964. In his introduction, he explains that the book has “two wellsprings”. The first is his own … Continue reading →

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Armistice Day Roundup

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

— Fr John Hunwicke posting on his website addresses literary works related to the commemoration of Armistice Day (Remembrance Sunday in the UK): As far as WW2 is concerned, I often think about the contrast between two great fictional literary … Continue reading →

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Early November Roundup

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Daily Mail reprints extracts from the gossipy personal diaries of journalist and biographer Kenneth Rose. These are from the second volume entitled Who Wins, Who Loses? covering the period 1979-2014: March 29, 1982. Geoffrey Warnock [Oxford vice-chancellor] tells me … Continue reading →

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Columbus Day Roundup

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Financial Times recently conducted an extensive interview of the new editor of the Daily Mail, Geordie Greig. Here’s the opening: There is one thing that a journalist can count on, said a character in Evelyn Waugh’s 1938 novel Scoop: … Continue reading →

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Mid-September Roundup: Applause and Design

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

—The Times newspaper carries an excerpt from David Cameron’s new memoirs For the Record in which he recalls his education. After prep school and Eton, he discusses Oxford and concludes with this about his membership in the Bullingdon Club: I … Continue reading →

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Labor Day Roundup: Waugh by Design

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

–Bristol-based interior decorators Jane Clayton & Co have announced a new line of household fabrics called Marchmain. As described on their website: The decadence of a bygone era is evoked in this collection of richly coloured velvet and chenille woven … Continue reading →

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