Category Archives: Internet

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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New Waugh Photos Posted

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

Duncan McLaren has posted three newly-available photos of Evelyn Waugh. These were taken, probably in 1926, by one of his senior students at Aston Clinton School whom he had befriended. The photographer’s name was Patrick Grinling, and he is mentioned … Continue reading →

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Roundup: 80th D-Day Anniversary

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The BBC posted an article on WWII parachute training in connection with its observance last week of the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings. Here’s an excerpt: …All the British paratroopers who landed in the early hours [of the … 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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Auction Sale of Two Waugh Letters

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

An online auction is offering for sale a 1945 letter from Evelyn Waugh to a Conservative MP. This relates to the policies of the British Government in Yugoslavia during and after WWII. Here is the seller’s listing info as posted … Continue reading →

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Late Winter Roundup

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Daily Telegraph has an article by Bernard Richards in which he considers how difficult it can be to translate idiomatic English words and phrases into French. He also notes Evelyn Waugh had struggled with the same problem: …English idioms … Continue reading →

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New Years Roundup

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–The website LibraryThing.com has posted a review of the Folio Society editions of Black Mischief of which there have been three. Here’s the text: [Black Mischief] is a quite politically incorrect farce set in 1930 in the mythical country of … Continue reading →

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Pre-Christmas Roundup

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–The British Film Institute (BFI) has posted a copy of Evelyn Waugh’s 1924 silent film production The Scarlet Woman. I think the film was more a creation of Waugh’s Oxford friend Terrence Greenidge than Waugh himself, although Waugh seems to … Continue reading →

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Roundup: More Letters and a Radio Adaptation

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–Another batch of Waugh’s letters have been auctioned recently. These consisted of communications with his bookbinders Sangorski & Sutcliffe regarding special bindings for his own library and presentation copies. These were recently sold by the auction house RR Auction in … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–The New Statesman has an article by Josiah Gogarty entitled “Only snobbery can stop Elon Musk: Class prejudice is the last weapon against tech titans.” Waugh makes a contribution: …Then there’s the more squeamish side of elitism: class snobbery. This … Continue reading →

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