Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh

Vogue Revisits Brideshead

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Hamish Bowles, European editor for the American edition of Vogue, recently revisited Castle Howard and wrote about it in an article appearing in the current issue of the magazine. He describes his early visit as a child with his father … Continue reading →

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Scoop in the News

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s 1930s novel Scoop about newspapers and journalists has itself made the news in two journals this week. The Independent, now an online-only newspaper, has compiled a list of  “novels or films whose invented insider culture influenced real life.” Here’s … Continue reading →

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Waugh Remembered on Fleming Anniversary

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A website devoted to the life and works of Ian Fleming has posted an article commemorating two important events on 12 August. One is the birth on that date in 1952 of Caspar, Fleming’s only son with his wife Ann. Ian … Continue reading →

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Waugh in the Daily Mail

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh rates two mentions in this week’s issues of the Daily Mail. Gossip columnist Ephraim Hardcastle has this takeaway from Philip Eade’s biography: Was literary giant Evelyn Waugh, who died in 1966 aged 62, a paedophile? According to a … Continue reading →

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Eade Biography Reviewed in Antipodes

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The new biography of Evelyn Waugh by Philip Eade is reviewed by Mark McGinness in the Sydney Morning Herald. After summarizing Waugh’s life as reflected in Eade’s book McGinness concludes: Waugh’s work has and will endure. Leicester University and Oxford University … Continue reading →

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Waugh Event in Taunton

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Brendon Books in Taunton will host an appearance of Philip Eade and Alexander Waugh in the Fall. The subject will be the life of Evelyn Waugh. Eade is the author of the new biography of Evelyn Waugh and Alexander Waugh … Continue reading →

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More Laycock Presentation Copies on Offer

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Peter Harrington Books has listed an offering of two more of Waugh’s presentation copies to Robert and Angela Laycock. See earlier post. One is a copy of Work Suspended (first edition limited to 500 copies,1942) presented to Angela with the note … Continue reading →

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BBC Posts Photo of Capt. Waugh at Brains Trust

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

BBC Radio 4 has posted on its Twitter page a photo of Waugh taken at his appearance in a wartime broadcast of its popular Home Service radio program called Brains Trust. The posting is in connection with National Book Lovers Day … Continue reading →

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Two More Reviews of Waugh Biography: a plus and a minus

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Philip Eade’s biography of Evelyn Waugh is reviewed in the Irish Independent newspaper and the Catholic World Report. The Independent’s reviewer is Ellis O’Hanlon who begins by noting the abundance of biographical and autobiographical material already available: This latest addition has … Continue reading →

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Waugh Themes in New Play

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A play that opened earlier this week at the Old Red Lion Theatre in the Angel district of North London has multiple allusions to Waugh’s works, according to reviewer Stephan Bates. The script is by Simon Blow and the title … Continue reading →

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