Category Archives: Newspapers

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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Waugh Gender Misperception as Good Career Move

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Independent has published a report from its correspondent at the Bath Lterature Festival, Katy Guest. When learning of Time’s recent mistake re Waugh’s gender, Guest wondered if the perception of Waugh as a female writer might be a good career move.  Women … Continue reading →

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Brideshead and Rhodes Must Fall

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Timothy Garton Ash, Profesor of European Studies at Oxford and author of several books, mostly about Eastern Europe, has brought Brideshead Revisited into the debate about removing a statue of Cecil Rhodes from Oriel College. The demand for removal was … Continue reading →

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Names (Yet More)

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In today’s Daily Express there is another story inspired by Time magazine’s recent misclassification of Evelyn Waugh. The story begins with a short review of Wavian names: The late author of Brideshead Revisited might have been tickled by the error. … Continue reading →

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Vile Bodies Inspired by Misery

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In today’s Boston Globe, columnist Alex Beam has an article bemoaning what he sees as the seemingly inexorable spread of gratuitous happiness. He cites Evelyn Waugh as an example of what it’s opposite can inspire: What’s so great about happiness? … Continue reading →

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Basil Seal Rides Yet Again

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

D.J. Taylor in the Independent announces low expectations for the BBC’s plans to revive its 1970s sit. com. Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. The plan is to have the 74 year old Michael Crawford reprise his role as youthfully naive Frank Spencer among a … Continue reading →

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Jacob Rees-Mogg Brideshead Fan, Up to a Point

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Mail recently published a profile of Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg. He is a leading Euro-skeptic and has been called The Honourable Member for the 18th Century as well as a back bench Bertie Wooster. He might also be … Continue reading →

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