Category Archives: Non-fiction

Max and Diana

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Many of our readers will be familiar with the story of how Waugh’s friend Diana Mosley (nee Mitford) and her husband Sir Oswald Mosley (leader of the British Fascist party) were imprisoned in 1940. Diana had, a few weeks before entering prison, given … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Wonderland

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

In a recent New Yorker article, critic-at-large Anthony Lane, author of the essay on Waugh in the Cambridge Companion to English Novelists (2009), adds his own thoughts to the outpouring of words marking the bicentenary of the publication of Alice’s Adventures … Continue reading →

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Waugh Binge Recalled in Spectator Competition

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Jeremy Clarke, author of the Spectator’s “Low Life” column, is running a competition for the best description of “the drunkest I’ve ever been.” The winner will be announced at the launch party for the collection of Clarke’s columns to be held later this … Continue reading →

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Waugh Recognized as Expert on Style

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

In yesterday’s Guardian, Waugh is named twice by novelist and bibliophile Joseph Connolly in his list of Top 10 books on the topic of “style.” Connolly (no apparent relation to Waugh’s friend Cyril Connolly a/k/a Everard Spruce) names Brideshead Revisited as … Continue reading →

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D.J.Taylor Cites Waugh to Rebut Fears of E-Book Threat to Novel

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

In a recent Independent on Sunday column (“Ebook apartheid: Fay Weldon calls on writers to adapt their style for technology,” 8 March 2015), critic and novelist D.J. Taylor addresses an argument by fellow novelist Fay Weldon. At the Bath Literary … Continue reading →

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The Tablet Celebrates 175 Years

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The UK-based Roman Catholic weekly paper The Tablet is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year. Among the events related to the celebration that may be of interest to our readers are a literary festival at Birmingham in June and a lecture at … Continue reading →

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Penguin Celebrates 80th Birthday Without Waugh

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Penguin Books is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year by publishing 80 books in a Little Black Classics series. These consist of short (c. 60 pp.) extracts from its Penguin Classics series. Conspicuous by its absence is any extract from … Continue reading →

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Memoir of EWS’s Honorary President Published

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

David Lodge, the Society’s Honorary President, has written the first volume of his memoirs. This was published in the UK this week under the title Quite a Good Time to Be Born: A Memoir, 1935-1975. An international edition is promised … Continue reading →

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London Papers Report Burning of “Scoop” Hotel in Addis Abba

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The London papers today reported that a hotel in Addis Abba described in Waugh’s writings was badly damaged in a fire. See Daily Mail (“Fire guts Ethiopian hotel made famous by ‘Scoop’”).  Similar stories appeared in the Daily Telegraph and … Continue reading →

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Last Mitford Sister Dies at 94

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Jeffrey Manley

Deborah Cavendish (nee Freeman-Mitford), Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, died earlier this week at the age of 94. Evelyn Waugh and she were friends, though she was not nearly as close to him as were her older sisters Nancy and Diana. … Continue reading →

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