Category Archives: Labels

Waugh’s 1930

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

An anonymous Spanish-language blogger posting on picapicaweb has written a series of six brief articles tracing Evelyn Waugh’s movements in the year 1930. “Pica pica” is the scientific word for magpie, and the blogger claims to pick up those bits of information … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Psychogeographic Experience

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In a posting to his weblog The Hollywood Walker, writer Geoff Nicholson compares the travel experiences in Malta of Evelyn Waugh and Thomas Pynchon. This seems to have been suggested to him by Paul Fussell’s 1980 book Abroad: British Literary Traveling Between the Wars. … Continue reading →

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Waugh Sites

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Several newspapers have recently recommended visits to sites in England that have been associated with Evelyn Waugh. The Daily Telegraph in its Property column has a fairly detailed description of Renishaw Hall. Although still owned and occupied by the Sitwell … Continue reading →

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Another Cocktail Attributed to Waugh

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A pub in Kuala Lumpur is offering an exotic cocktail called the Noonday Reviver that is attributed to Evelyn Waugh. The pub is called The Sticky Wicket and has a cricket theme throughout its decor and menu. The cocktail is described as a reinterpretation … Continue reading →

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Russian Literary Journal Marks Waugh Anniversary

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Russian literary journal Inostrannaia Literatura (Foreign Literature) has devoted about two-thirds of its April 2016 issue to a collection of essays and translations relating to Evelyn Waugh. This was issued on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death. The cover is … Continue reading →

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Waugh at Knossos

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A quote from Waugh features in a portion of Prof. Mary Beard’s recent book Confronting the Classics that has been posted on the history website Erenow. In a chapter entitled “Builder of Ruins” describing the excavation and restoration of the ruins … Continue reading →

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Labels Reassessed

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A multicultural, award-winning internet portal called Qantara.de has posted a new review (or reassessment) of Waugh’s 1930 travel book Labels: A Mediterranean Journey. This site is sponsored by several German cultural and political institutions, including the Goethe Institut and Deutsche … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh’s Parthenon

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A website called erenow (describing itself as a “large online library”) has posted portions of Mary Beard’s book The Parthenon (2010, revised). In the “Further Reading” section of her book, Professor Beard recommends Evelyn Waugh’s early travel book Labels. This is … Continue reading →

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Present-Day BYP Reviews Waugh Books

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A blogger going by the “nom du net” of The Posh Gurl  (real name H.R. Hardy) spent the past month reading and reviewing books by Waughs. She began with Auberon Waugh’s The Foxglove Saga (1960) which she found a great study … Continue reading →

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Waugh Reading on BBC Radio 4

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Humorist Craig Brown has included a reading from Waugh for his appearance on the BBC Radio 4 series With Great Pleasure. The program asks each participant to choose favorite book passages from their lifetime of reading. Among Brown’s choices is … Continue reading →

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