Category Archives: Non-fiction

TLS Reviews Early CWEW Volumes

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In the latest issue of TLS, Paula Byrne reviews the first five volumes of the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. These were published over several months late last year and early this. Byrne is the author, inter alia, of what … Continue reading →

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English Writers in Mexico

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

A link to an article on English writers in Mexico has been posted on the internet by ProQuest. This was written by Simon Carnell and appeared in 2015 over several issues of the University of Manchester’s journal PN Review. It … Continue reading →

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V S Naipaul (1932-2018) R.I.P.

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

V S Naipaul, writer of fiction and non-fiction, mostly about third world countries or their natives displaced to other lands, has died in England at the age of 85. His last notable action was to win the Nobel Prize in … Continue reading →

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Scoop Hotel in Addis Reopens

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The South China Morning Post has a feature length article about the reopening of the  Taitu Hotel in Addis Ababa. This is written by Ian Gill who made a recent visit. His story opens with this: The ghost of William … Continue reading →

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Roundup: From Australia to Europe via Mexico

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

–A recent issue of The Australian has an essay by Paul Monk entitled “Western Civilisation: A primer for willing readers.” This includes a broad consideration of liberal arts educational experiences over the years. Among those discussed are the Oxford years … Continue reading →

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Downside’s Future Threatened (Updated)

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of The Spectator has an article about the future of the two remaining Benedictine order public schools in Britain. These are Ampleforth in North Yorkshire and Downside in Somerset. A combination of falling enrollments (Roman Catholics are … Continue reading →

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Late July Roundup

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Daily Telegraph has another story about the sale of Piers Court containing some new and corrected information: Piers Court at Stinchcombe occupies a remote corner of Gloucestershire. … It has views of the Welsh Hills and the Forest of … Continue reading →

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Waugh in History

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh is cited in the context of two quite different works of history: In the current issue of the magazine First Things (journal of the nonsectarian Institute on Religion and Public Life), there is a review of a book by … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Brexit (more)

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh gets several mentions in the weeklies in connection with the Brexit debate. Two of these relate to Tory politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, a leading proponent of Brexit. These are based on Dominic Green’s interview of Rees-Mogg for The Weekly Standard on … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Religious Satire

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Prof Terry Lindvall of Virginia Wesleyan University has written a book entitled God Mocks: A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert. In his broad survey, he gives some time to a brief consideration of the … Continue reading →

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