Category Archives: Locations

Colossus of Snobbery

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Critic and novelist D J Taylor has written a book inspired by William Thackeray entitled The New Book of Snobs, to be published later this month. An excerpt appears in the Daily Mail. This deals mostly with Taylor’s account of his own … Continue reading →

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Oxford Hostelries Commemorate Waugh

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

According to a recent posting on travel blog  Trip Advisor, there is a hotel bedroom named for Evelyn Waugh at the Head of the River. This is a pub and  hotel located on St Aldate’s at Folly Bridge in Oxford. It’s … Continue reading →

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Orwell Society Visits Waugh Site

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A member of the Orwell Society has posted a report of a visit made by a group of its members to North London sites associated with George Orwell. The visit started in Hampstead with a stop at the site of … Continue reading →

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Et in Cantabrigia Ego

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A Cambridge University student-sponsored news blog (The Tab) has published interviews with several incoming students. One seems to have gotten her ancient universities a bit mixed: Holly, History, Pembroke. “I applied to Cambridge under the illusion that I would have the chance … Continue reading →

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Waugh Character Models Surface in Blogs

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Two of Waugh’s character models have surfaced in recent blogs. These are Brenda Dean Paul and Kate Meyrick. Dean Paul may have contributed to any number of characters in Vile Bodies. She was perhaps the most prominent of the Bright … Continue reading →

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Quick Delivery of A Little Order

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A blogger living in London (blogging as Dickon Edwards) has posted an experience of brick and mortar booksellers becoming more competitive with their online counterparts: There are many reasons to buy books from bookshops rather than Amazon, but one is … Continue reading →

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Waugh Plaque Used in Property Promotion

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A North London property promotion site has made prominent use of a photo of the English Heritage Blue Plaque on Evelyn Waugh’s family home (145 North End Road, NW11 7HT). This is Ham & High Properties promotional material for sales in … Continue reading →

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David Bradshaw (1955-2016) R.I.P.

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The death has been announced of Professor David Bradshaw of Worcester College, University of Oxford. He was Professor of English Literature and author of The Hidden Huxley (1994). He edited and wrote the introduction to several novels, including the Penguin Modern Classics 2001 edition of … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Oxford News

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh figures in an article in the newspaper Catholic World Report written by a Roman Catholic Rhodes Scholar about her recent experiences as a student in Oxford. She mentions numerous Roman Catholic churches still active in Oxford outside the university … Continue reading →

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Bullingdon/Bollinger Faces Extinction

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Sebastian Shakespeare in his Daily Mail gossip column reports that the Bullingdon Club at Oxford (on which Waugh based the Bollinger Club in his novel Decline and Fall) may soon die out for lack of interest: …The Buller is understood … Continue reading →

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