Category Archives: Newspapers

FT Considers Digital Age Debrett’s

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Today’s Financial Times has an article about the new ownership of Debrett’s and explains how they hope to exploit the brand. To put the company’s main product in historic perspective, they turn to a quote from Evelyn Waugh: Founded in … Continue reading →

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The Independent Newspaper Surveys Classic Newsroom Books

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Lucy Scholes writing in yesterday’s Independent makes a brief survey of what she calls the “classic newsroom book” from George Gissing’s New Grub Street (1891) to Annalena McAfee’s The Spoiler (2011). Waugh’s Scoop scores well in her estimation of the … Continue reading →

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The Queen Visits Waugh-Themed Restaurant

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Telegraph reports a return visit of HM Queen Elizabeth II to Bellamy’s, the Waugh-themed restaurant in Mayfair, to celebrate a friend’s birthday:  The name is both a homage to the gentlemen’s club in Evelyn Waugh’s Sword of Honour … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Cities

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh’s descriptions of two cities he had visited have been quoted in recent profiles. The first is Bari in Italy which was the staging point in WWII for missions to Yugoslavia such as that to which Waugh was assigned … Continue reading →

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Waugh Appears in Two New Novels

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Two new novels reviewed in recent press reports contain appearances by Evelyn Waugh. A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar is reviewed in today’s New York Times. It is variously described as a “wild spoof” and a “scabrous pulp-noir.” It has several … Continue reading →

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Leftist Comic Again Names Waugh Favorite

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Leftist comedian Alexei Sayle has again identfied Evelyn Waugh as his favorite writer. See earlier post from Glasgow Herald. This latest comment is in a webchat on the Guardian. Here’s the relevant Q&A: Q. Having read your short stories and … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Recommended as Cure for Alcoholics

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Daily Mail books columnist Daisy Goodwin has written an article recommending books to help cure or prevent alcoholism. Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited is recommended for its warning about the evil effects of the disease on those other than the drinker:  …for a … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh and Confirmation Bias

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The journalism website of the  Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, Storyboard, carries an article by Michael Fitzgerald that cites a brief episode of Scoop as an example of a phenomenon that should be avoided by future journalists. This is known as “confirmation bias:”  There’s … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Urged for Post Downton Depression

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Press reports are appearing that recognize the need for something to replace the void now left by the termination of the Downton Abbey TV series. The Huffington Post in its Off the Shelf column contains an article by Kerry Fiallo recommending a dose … Continue reading →

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Driberg’s Wedding

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Express opens its weekend TV review column with a quote from Waugh: WHEN the novelist Evelyn Waugh received an invitation to the wedding of the notorious philandering MP Tom Driberg, he declined to go. “I expect the church will … Continue reading →

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