Category Archives: Oxford

Successful Failures at Oxford

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

An Oxford student blog has compiled a list of students who were academic failures at Oxford but went on to become successful writers. At the top of the list is Evelyn Waugh. His entry begins with a quote: “You spend … Continue reading →

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A Little More Learning

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Dr. Barbara Cooke, Research Associate at the University of Leicester for the Complete Works of Waugh project and editor of the volume containing Waugh’s autobiography A Little Learning has posted an article about how Waugh’s life at Oxford is reflected in that work. … Continue reading →

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Oxford Literary Festival Announces Change in Waugh Event

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

There has been a change in the Oxford Literary Festival’s event marking the 50th Anniversary of Evelyn Waugh death. According to a new announcement, the event will involve the appearance of Paula Byrne, as previously announced, in a discussion with … Continue reading →

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Waugh Novel Adapted for New BBC2 TV Series

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

To mark the 50th anniversary of Evelyn Waugh’s death, the BBC has announced the production of a new three-part TV adaptation of his first novel Decline and Fall. The series will be adapted by James Wood who also wrote the … Continue reading →

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Arcadian Doubts

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of the magazine of Oriel College, Oxford (The Poor Print) has an article that opens with a passage from Waugh’s first novel, Decline and Fall: ‘You see, it wasn’t the ordinary sort of Doubt about Cain’s wife … Continue reading →

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Brideshead and Rhodes Must Fall

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Timothy Garton Ash, Profesor of European Studies at Oxford and author of several books, mostly about Eastern Europe, has brought Brideshead Revisited into the debate about removing a statue of Cecil Rhodes from Oriel College. The demand for removal was … Continue reading →

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Name Confusion (More)

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The BBC has called in Professor of English Literature Valentine Cunningham at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, to discuss the issue of name confusion stirred up by the Time magazine flap. They chose Prof. Cunningham, author of British Writers of the Thirties, thinking … Continue reading →

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Echoes of Waugh in New Morse Prequel Series

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

ITV in the U.K. is running the third series of its Morse prequel which is concluding this week. This is entitled Endeavour and is based on Morse’s early career in the Oxford police force in the 1960s. There seems to be … Continue reading →

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Paula Byrne and Philip Eade to Mark Waugh Anniversary

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh biographers Paula Byrne and Philip Eade will speak on the author’s life and work at this year’s Oxford Literary Festival. The joint presentation will mark the 50th anniversary of Waugh’s death on 10 April 1966. They will appear on Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Floreat Bullingdon

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Beast has published an article by Nick Mutch reviewing the history of Oxford’s Bullingdon Club. The private and secretive club has been much in the news lately because of the membership of three leading Conservative Party politicians: David … Continue reading →

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