Category Archives: Film: The Scarlet Woman

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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Mid-May Roundup

Posted on May 20, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Italian language newspaper Il Manifesto has posted an article (“The ivory brush and the tabernacle”) on Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. This is written by Viola Pagetti. Here are slightly edited extracts translated (by Google) from the opening paragraphs: Having … Continue reading →

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Groundhog Day Roundup

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

—The American Spectator has posted a story that analogizes an American political phenomenon to an Evelyn Waugh novel. Here are the opening paragraphs of the story entitled “The Heartbreak of the Brideshead Republicans” by Karl Pfefferkorn: If you are a … Continue reading →

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