Category Archives: Non-fiction

Milk in First

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A recent article in the Sunday Telegraph describes its reporter’s experiences in a venture  …at the Lanesborough hotel in London, which has recently launched an afternoon tea etiquette experience in partnership with Debrett’s, which has been Britain’s authority on etiquette and … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Saki

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In its latest issue, Prospect Magazine, an independent monthly journal published in the UK, includes an essay marking the 100th anniversary of the death of the writer Saki (a/k/a H H Munro). The essay, by Fatema Ahmed, opens with the … Continue reading →

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Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) R.I.P.

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Poet, novelist and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has died at the age of 82. In his native city, the Montreal Gazette has invoked the words of Evelyn Waugh in a memorial article: Evelyn Waugh once said at a certain point in his … Continue reading →

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BL to Publish Collection of Travel Writing

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

British Library Publishing will issue a collection of travel writing early next year. This will be entitled The Writer Abroad: Literary Travellers from Anne Radcliffe to Evelyn Waugh. The book will be edited by Lucinda Hawksley, biographer, historian and promoter … Continue reading →

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A Week of Waugh

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A review of the preceding week’s online press and blogs turns up several references to Evelyn Waugh. The New York Public Library’s blog contains a short article on the occasion of Waugh birthday, recounting the origins of The Loved One: … Continue reading →

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A Tiger’s Dinner

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

An auction house in London has on offer a letter from Evelyn Waugh dated 4 December 1964 to Peter Luke, playwright and journalist. In it, Waugh apologizes for having written in A Little Learning that Luke’s grandfather, who was the father of … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh, Henry Green and Terry Southern

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In the latest issue of the New Yorker, there is an interesting article (“The Novelist of Human Unknowability”) about Henry Green written by London-based literary critic Leo Robson. The article is built around the friendship between Green and US writer Terry … Continue reading →

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Anthony Burgess Society to Convene Centenary Conference

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Anthony Burgess Society has announced a conference next year to mark the centenary of the novelist and critic to whom their organization is dedicated. The conference will be held on 3-5 July 2017 in Manchester, which was Burgess’s home … Continue reading →

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Orwell Society Visits Waugh Site

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A member of the Orwell Society has posted a report of a visit made by a group of its members to North London sites associated with George Orwell. The visit started in Hampstead with a stop at the site of … Continue reading →

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Quick Delivery of A Little Order

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A blogger living in London (blogging as Dickon Edwards) has posted an experience of brick and mortar booksellers becoming more competitive with their online counterparts: There are many reasons to buy books from bookshops rather than Amazon, but one is … Continue reading →

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