Category Archives: Letters

Roundup: Cousins, Catholics, Allegories and Adaptations

Posted on October 19, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The London Review of Books has posted a review by Neal Acherson of the new biography of Claude Cockburn by his son Patrick.  This in mentioned in a previous post and is entitled “Believe Nothing Until It Has Been Officially … Continue reading →

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Instead of an obituary: James Waugh in the writings of his family.

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

As noted in a previous post, the Daily Telegraph dated 24 September 2022 announced the death on 12 September 2022 of James Waugh, age 76.  This appears to be the second son of Evelyn Waugh.  No other obituaries have been … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Two Letters and a Vase

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

—The Spectator has an article by Dot Wordsworth that features a misattribution to Evelyn Waugh. Here’s the opening: ‘Evelyn Waugh,’ said my husband when I asked who came up with the analogy of carrying a Ming vase. He was, in … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Shopping Lists, Inheritance and a Lecture

Posted on June 15, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The auction house Bonham’s has on offer an unusual example of Wavian memorabilia. Here’s their description: Collection of 24 autograph postcards (from Piers Court), and 3 letters signed by Waugh (22 “E.W.”, 2 “Evelyn Waugh”, 3 unsigned) to Mrs. [Sylvia] … Continue reading →

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Two Interesting Offers: A Manuscript and a Letter

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

A Waugh manuscript is on offer on the ABE bookseller website. This is the three-page handwritten manuscript of the article entitled “Awake My Soul! It Is a Lord” that appeared in The Spectator on 8 July 1955. Here’s the description: … Continue reading →

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Auction Sale of Two Waugh Letters

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

An online auction is offering for sale a 1945 letter from Evelyn Waugh to a Conservative MP. This relates to the policies of the British Government in Yugoslavia during and after WWII. Here is the seller’s listing info as posted … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Letter, Exhibit and Two Recommendations

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–A letter from Evelyn Waugh is on offer on the internet. The description and text appear in this posting by the seller Rooke Books: An autographed signed letter from Evelyn Waugh to Eileen Mayo, in the original envelope. Envelope is … Continue reading →

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MLK Weekend Roundup

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The independent book publisher Sutherland House has posted a brief article entitled “Why Waugh Drank”. This is by Kenneth Whyte and begins with a quote from Waugh’s diary (8 Dec 1924, pp. 189-90) about a drink-fueled Oxford day spent in … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2023 Roundup

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–An article posted by the Duke University Center for the Study of the Public Domain has announced that beginning in January 2024, some books written by Evelyn Waugh will be out of copyright protection in the United States. Here’s an … Continue reading →

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Advent Roundup

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–The religious website Thinking Faith has posted an essay by Gerard Kilroy, who is, inter alia, co-editor of the recently published volume of Edmund Campion in the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. In this essay, Kilroy explains in some detail the … Continue reading →

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