Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh

Death in Los Angeles

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Los Angeles Magazine has recently republished a 2011 article by Ben Ehrenreich which has “Death in L.A.” forming part of its subtitle. That is not far off the title of the German translation for Waugh’s 1948 novel The Loved One (Tod in Hollywood). Waugh … Continue reading →

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Waugh and the McCarthyites

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A blogger posting on a community news weblog for West Berkshire has been inspired by reading The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh to pronounce her assessment of Waugh’s life and work (Penny Post, 29 Sept-9 Oct). After declaring Waugh a … Continue reading →

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Waugh Character Models Surface in Blogs

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Two of Waugh’s character models have surfaced in recent blogs. These are Brenda Dean Paul and Kate Meyrick. Dean Paul may have contributed to any number of characters in Vile Bodies. She was perhaps the most prominent of the Bright … Continue reading →

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Best Sellers, The New Republic and Waugh

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of The New Republic reviews an academic study of the best-selling novel. This is The Best Seller Code by Jodie Archer and Matthew Jockers. The book is based on an analysis of 20,000 novels published in the US, from which … 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, Catch-22 and the Demented Governess

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Many of us will have read Waugh’s 1961 letter to Nina Bourne, who worked for US publisher Simon & Schuster. In the letter, Waugh politely and very humorously declines to give them a blurb promoting their new book Catch-22, the first novel … Continue reading →

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Waugh Plaque Used in Property Promotion

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A North London property promotion site has made prominent use of a photo of the English Heritage Blue Plaque on Evelyn Waugh’s family home (145 North End Road, NW11 7HT). This is Ham & High Properties promotional material for sales in … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Boredom

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Economist has posted on the website of its 1843 magazine an earlier article by one of its columnists, Adrian Wooldridge, entitled “Great Bores of Yore”. One of those discussed is Evelyn Waugh: Waugh was a great bore-baiter, never happier than … 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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