Category Archives: Locations

Philip Eade to Appear at Oldie Lunch and Bridport Festival

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Oldie magazine has announced the appearance of Waugh’s biographer Philip Eade as one of three authors at its 11th October literary lunch: This new study reveals that from his strained relationships with family and lovers to his religious and drug-induced … Continue reading →

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Waugh Biographer to Appear at Oxford

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

As part of Oxford Alumni Weekend (16-18 September), Waugh biographer Paula Byrne will appear with her husband Jonathan Bate in a program entitled “The Life of the Biographer.”  The discussion at Worcester College is described in the program: The art … Continue reading →

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Scoop in the News

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

There are several references to Scoop in the recent London papers. The TLS has an article in its Blog about the comic use of the language of telegrams. It mentions novels by P G Wodehouse, Mikhail Bulgakov and John Swartzwelder … Continue reading →

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Video Bookseller

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Booksellers Peter Harrington have stepped up their promotion by showing their prize offerings on YouTube. One of their video offerings is a first edition of Waugh’s 1928 novel Decline and Fall with a pristine dust wrapper. The book is presented by … Continue reading →

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Oxford to Offer Waugh Seminar

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Oxford University Department of Continuing Education has announced a one-week seminar next summer on the topic Evelyn Waugh: Beyond Brideshead. The theme is explained in the announcement which was posted yesterday: Since his death 50 years ago, Evelyn Waugh’s … Continue reading →

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Waugh Biography Reviewed in Standpoint Magazine

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Philip Eade’s biography of Evelyn Waugh is reviewed by Laura Freeman in Standpoint Magazine together with a recent biography of A E Housman by Peter Parker. Freeman connects the two authors at several points in the review, the first being their residence … Continue reading →

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Metropolitan Papers Continue to Trail D&F Production

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Mail has published more photos from the Welsh location setting of the BBC’s production of Waugh’s novel Decline & Fall. Most of these feature Eva Longoria between takes as Margot Beste-Chetwynde, but there are also several of Jake … Continue reading →

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Waugh Connections

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Times gossip columnist Patrick Kidd discusses Phiip Eade’s identification of models for Waugh characters in today’s “Diary”: …Lord Parakeet in Decline and Fall was based on Gavin Henderson, an exceedingly camp noble who, on becoming Lord Faringdon, opened a speech … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh and the Preposterous Parson

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A book describing the career of Rev Basil Bourchier, the first vicar of St Jude-on-the-Hill in Hampstead Garden Suburb, has been written by the current vicar, Alan Walker. Evelyn Waugh’s family were parishioners at the church in his youth, and … Continue reading →

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Waugh in the Daily Mail

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh rates two mentions in this week’s issues of the Daily Mail. Gossip columnist Ephraim Hardcastle has this takeaway from Philip Eade’s biography: Was literary giant Evelyn Waugh, who died in 1966 aged 62, a paedophile? According to a … Continue reading →

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