Category Archives: Non-fiction

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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Estate of Peter Waugh to be Auctioned

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

An auction house in the West of England has announced the sale of artworks from the estate of the late Peter Waugh (1938-2014). Peter was the third child of Alec Waugh with his second wife Joan Chirnside. Peter’s life was profiled … Continue reading →

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Waugh, the Spokesman for Conservatism

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

William Voegeli, a visiting scholar at Claremont College, in an essay entitled “Liberalism and Civilization” published in The Blue Review takes Waugh as his spokesman for the conservative cause. The Blue Review is a peer-reviewed blog intended to promote the … Continue reading →

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Waugh in China

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Yesterday’s notice on new publications of Waugh’s books in Japanese translations made your correspondent wonder whether Waugh may be enjoying similar availability in other Asian languages. Chinese is easy enough to check because there is an Amazon.cn site selling books. From … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Oxford News

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh figures in an article in the newspaper Catholic World Report written by a Roman Catholic Rhodes Scholar about her recent experiences as a student in Oxford. She mentions numerous Roman Catholic churches still active in Oxford outside the university … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Hemingway and “Beat-up Old Bastards”

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

An article in The Huffington Post earlier this week discusses Ernest Hemingway’s claims to have killed 122 “Krauts” during WWII and compares that claim with those of Chris Kyle (subject of the autobiography and film American Sniper) to have killed 160 enemy … Continue reading →

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A Norwegian Review of Waugh’s Career

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of Agenda Magasin (a Norwegian language journal) includes an extended esaay on the career of Evelyn Waugh and his literary legacy in Norway. This is by Ivar Dale and is written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Review of Auden’s Collected Works

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In the latest issue of The Weekly Standard, Edward Short reviews the the 6th and final volume of The Complete Works of W H Auden: Prose. This is edited by Edward Mendelson. Waugh is mentioned several times: One can agree … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Conversion

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In an article posted on a Roman Catholic evangelical weblog Aleteia.org, the details of Evelyn Waugh’s conversion to that religion are provided, mostly in Waugh’s own words from a 20 October 1930 essay in the Daily Express. Waugh had written the … Continue reading →

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