Category Archives: Newspapers

Novelist Nicholas Mosley (1923-2017)

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The death has been announced of novelist Nicholas Mosley at the age of 93. He wrote several novels which are variously described in his obituaries as “heavy going”, “densely written”, “adventurous”, and “not light reading.” So, these are not exactly written … Continue reading →

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Patrick Melrose Novels to be Televised

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St Aubyn will be adapted for television in a 5 episode series. Each episode will be devoted to one of the five novels. The satirical humor of these novels is often compared to the … Continue reading →

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Travel Guide to Guyana’s “Waugh Country” Launched

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Guyana Chronicle has announced the launch of a tourist guide to the Rupununi region of southern Guyana: …the North Rupununi was an extraordinary natural area in southern Guyana that for the last 30 years had been isolated from the … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Highclere (More)

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Countess of Carnarvon who presently resides with her husband at Highclere Castle in Hampshire has written a book about entertaining there. The house was the setting for the recent Downton Abbey TV series and is being open to the … Continue reading →

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The Loved One is Prescribed Reading for Europeans

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Writing in his Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung blog, “Don Alphonso” informs his European readers that they cannot understand what is going on in the United States today unless they have first read Waugh’s 1948 novella The Loved One (in German translated as Tod … Continue reading →

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TLS Reprints Review of “Miss” Evelyn Waugh’s First Book

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In last week’s edition (22 February 2017), the TLS in its “From the Archives” column has reprinted its 1928 review of Evelyn Waugh’s first book: Rossetti: His Life and Works. This review was published anonymously, as was then customary, but … Continue reading →

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Telegraph Makes Literary Tour of Stately Homes

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In today’s Property section of the Daily Telegraph, there is a discussion of a tour of stately homes that have a literary connection. This is by Eleanor Doughty, known to this parish as a Waugh fan. She starts with a … Continue reading →

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El Pais Chronicles Brideshead TV Generation

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A feature article in the Spanish language newspaper El Pais chronicles the generation of party goers inspired by the 1981 Granada TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited: In his first scene, Sebastian appears vomiting through an open window. Margaret Thatcher had been living in Downing … Continue reading →

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Combe Florey Parish Council at Risk

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Parish Council of Combe Florey is at risk of dissolution for lack of interest. According to the Somerset County Gazette, there are only two council members remaining in their seats as a result of others having resigned. The Parish Council … Continue reading →

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TLS Reviews Waugh Books

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest TLS has a review of the two recently published books about Evelyn Waugh by Ann Pasternak Slater and Philip Eade. The review, entitled “Horrors of Waugh”,  is available to read on the internet. It is written by journalist … Continue reading →

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