Category Archives: Newspapers

Wodehouse Redeemed

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Today’s Observer has a story by Robert McCrum attributing to an acquisition of the British Library the final act by the British Government in its redemption of the reputation of P G Wodehouse: …The Observer can now reveal that [Wodehouse’s] lifetime of literary … Continue reading →

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Combe Florey, Pevsner and the Waughs

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In a recent article in the Guardian, literary journalist Ian Jack pays homage to the late Nikolaus Pevsner on the occasion of completion of the work he began in the 1950s. This occurred with the publication of the final volume of the Buildings of Scotland, … Continue reading →

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Grammarian Names Waugh Favorite Writer

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

British writer and grammarian Lynne Truss has named Evelyn Waugh her favorite writer. This is in an interview in today’s “One Minute With…” column in the i Newspaper, as reposted on PressReader. Truss is probably best known for her 2003 book Eats, Shoots … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Books Ranked in Fashion Magazine Lists

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Stylist magazine is a weekly print publication with free distribution within the UK. It has a books column which specializes in listing books in categories thought to be of interest to or likely to amuse its audience of young women. A recent … Continue reading →

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Judge Turns Novelist, Citing Waugh

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Nottingham Post reports the story of a retiring judge who has published a novel. This is entitled Blackmail, which is about a robbery by a group of professional criminals, and is written by former judge of the Nottingham Crown Court, … Continue reading →

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Waugh at Thanksgiving Table

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The San Diego Reader, a weekly alternative print newspaper, has an article imagining a Thanksgiving dinner at which Evelyn Waugh is one of the guests. The others are: writer and critic H.L. Mencken, Pogo Possum, Roman emperor Claudius, writer and … Continue reading →

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Author William Trevor Dies at 88

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Publishers Penguin Random House Ireland have announced the death of novelist and short story writer William Trevor (1928-2016). According to his obituary in the New York Times, he was best known for his “mournful, sometimes darkly funny short stories and novels … Continue reading →

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Telegraph Compares New Zadie Smith Novel to Brideshead

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In a Daily Telegraph review of Zadie Smith’s new novel Swing Time, the reviewer James Walton compares it with Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. The novel involves a narrator and a friend who who live in different social strata of the same … Continue reading →

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Collection of Elizabeth Bowen Reviews Published

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A substantial collection of the book reviews written by novelist Elizabeth Bowen has been published by Northwestern University Press. It is entitled The Weight of a World of Feeling and is edited by Allan Hepburn, who previously edited a volume of … Continue reading →

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Milk in First

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A recent article in the Sunday Telegraph describes its reporter’s experiences in a venture  …at the Lanesborough hotel in London, which has recently launched an afternoon tea etiquette experience in partnership with Debrett’s, which has been Britain’s authority on etiquette and … Continue reading →

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