Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh

Roundup: From Arcadia to Bohemia

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

—The Irish Rover, a newspaper sponsored by University of Notre Dame (in Indiana, not Ireland), has posted a brief article on the origins of “Arcadia”. This is by Santiago Legarre who is a visiting professor at the Notre Dame Law … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Italian

Posted on November 10, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

The announcement of an Italian translation of Waugh’s final travel book has appeared in at least two Italian papers. This is A Tourist in Africa (Un Turista in Africa) published by Aldelphi Edizioni. Here’s a translated excerpt of the review … Continue reading →

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Armistice Day Roundup

Posted on November 9, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The London Review of Books has posted an episode from its ongoing podcast called Close Reads that may be of interest. This is in a series entitled “On Satire” that is conducted by Colin Burrow and Clare Bucknell, both Fellows … Continue reading →

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Three Views of Haile Selassie

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

The British magazine History Today has posted on the internet the full text of its 2015 feature-length article, now entitled “In The Court of Haile Selassie.” This is by literary biographer and critic Jeffrey Meyers and tells the story of … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Boston and Belgium

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Burns Library at Boston College has posted a photo of Evelyn Waugh that I have not previously seen. Here’s a link. Although there is no accompanying text, the photo must have been taken during Waugh’s short visit to Boston … Continue reading →

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Centenary of Waugh’s Coming of Age: 28 October 1924

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

Today marks the centenary of Evelyn Waugh’s coming of age on 28 October 1924, his 21st birthday. In Waugh’s diary entry for the following day, he begins: “Yesterday I became a man and put away childish things.” (Diaries, p. 182)  … Continue reading →

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Pre-Halloween Roundup

Posted on October 26, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–A copy of a 1938 passenger list for the SS Aquitania has been posted on Reddit. This contains the opening pages and then an excerpt showing passengers whose names begin with “W”. On that page are listed Evelyn Waugh and … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Cousins, Catholics, Allegories and Adaptations

Posted on October 19, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The London Review of Books has posted a review by Neal Acherson of the new biography of Claude Cockburn by his son Patrick.  This in mentioned in a previous post and is entitled “Believe Nothing Until It Has Been Officially … Continue reading →

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Columbus Day Roundup

Posted on October 12, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Australian Financial Review carries the story of a new novel that may be of interest. It is written by Pam Sykes: …Her latest novel, Wives Like Us, skewers the ultra-rich residents of the Cotswolds, a bucolic protected area of … Continue reading →

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Early October Roundup

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Daily Telegraph has posted an article by Christopher Howse on “bed rotting”.  Here’s the opening section: One of my favourite books, Illustrations of Madness by John Haslam (1810), tells of how the unfortunate James Tilly Matthews, plagued by a gang operating … Continue reading →

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