Category Archives: Non-fiction

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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Academic Reassessment of Remote People

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Academic and literary scholar/critic Kate Macdonald has recently posted on her website a review of Waugh’s 1931 travel book Remote People. It in she applies today’s social and political standards to Waugh’s book. She finds much of the humor to … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Cities

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh’s descriptions of two cities he had visited have been quoted in recent profiles. The first is Bari in Italy which was the staging point in WWII for missions to Yugoslavia such as that to which Waugh was assigned … Continue reading →

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Waugh Portrait Featured in Vogue Exhibit

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The National Portrait Gallery in London is currently running an exhibit entitled Vogue 100: A Century of Style. Among the artifacts on show is a 1950 portrait of Evelyn Waugh by photographer Irving Penn. This is described in an arts … Continue reading →

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Waugh at Chatsworth

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Yorkshire Post has a story about an exhibit at Chatsworth House of Cecil Beaton’s photographs. The photos themselves are mostly from Southebys but the subjects of these photos are visitors to Chatsworth. One of the photos is of Evelyn Waugh. … Continue reading →

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Waugh Quoted in New Westminster Hymnal

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A quote from Evelyn Waugh’s 1959 biography of Ronald Knox is printed as a sort of epigram at the beginning of a new edition of the New Westminster Hymnal (originally published in 1939). The hymnal contains Roman Catholic versions of hymns used in … Continue reading →

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Names (Yet More)

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In today’s Daily Express there is another story inspired by Time magazine’s recent misclassification of Evelyn Waugh. The story begins with a short review of Wavian names: The late author of Brideshead Revisited might have been tickled by the error. … Continue reading →

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Renishaw Reviewed

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of the New Criterion carries a review of Renishaw Hall: The Story of the Sitwells by Desmond Seward. The review by Brooke Allen notes the importance of the Sitwells and their house to Evelyn Waugh: According to … Continue reading →

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Details Announced of Waugh Anniversary Event in Leeds

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project has announced the details of an event at the University of Leeds on 23 March to mark the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death later this year.  Here’s the schedule and venue: Event ScheduleHost: Professor … Continue reading →

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Wodehouse Redivivus

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A book blog has posted an article describing Evelyn Waugh’s role in the re-establishment of the reputation of P.G. Wodehouse. Waugh’s actions are compared with previous efforts of George Bernard Shaw on behalf of Henrik Ibsen and Walker Percy who … Continue reading →

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