Category Archives: Newspapers

Waugh: A Review and A Profile

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In the latest issue of the Australian literary journal Quadrant, Mark McGinness reviews the first volume of Waugh’s collected journalism in v. 26 (Essays, Articles and Reviews 1922-1934) of OUP’s Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh edited by Prof Donat Gallagher. … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Lectures: Lancing, Leicester and Langport

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Several lectures have been announced that may be of interest to our readers in the UK: —Lancing College has announced this year’s Evelyn Waugh lecturer: The Evelyn Waugh Lecture was started in 2008 as a means of thanking all members … Continue reading →

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William Boyd, Winston Churchill and Evelyn Waugh

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Simon Kuper writing in the Financial Times reports an interview with novelist William Boyd. This is on the occasion of publication of Boyd’s latest novel Love is Blind: Boyd draws a “binary division” between two kinds of novelist: autobiographers, such … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Death

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In a recent issue of The American Scholar, an article by Sudip Bose notes a connection between Evelyn Waugh and Igor Stravinsky’s Requiem Canticles. This was a late compositon that was played at Stravinsky’s own 1971 funeral in Venice. He … Continue reading →

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Weekend Roundup: Brideshead to the Fore

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Two bloggers have posted reviews of the new Folio Society edition of Brideshead Revisited (mentioned in a previous post): –Adam on roofbeamreader.com was sent a review copy and expressed his gratitude accordingly: I’m drawn in by the incredible cover art … Continue reading →

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Waugh Welcomes Students

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Several student-oriented papers have quoted Evelyn Waugh in their greetings to students arriving or returning to university studies: —The Times Higher Education Supplement invited advisory Twitter messages to be posted in an effort to make first year students feel welcome. … Continue reading →

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Waugh on Sunday

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s Sunday Times contains an adulatory interview of novelist William Boyd. After describing his career at Gordonstoun School as happier than that of Prince Charles, the interview turns to his writing. His first book, published in 1983,  was … … Continue reading →

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Mid-Month Roundup: Schoolroom Confusion

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Our latest roundup starts with references to Waugh’s school days and ends with the 1970s Penguin reprints: —The Independent newspaper has published a list of what it considers the Top 10 examples of celebrities overlapping at the same school. Private … Continue reading →

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Battle of the Oxfords

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The regional UK paper Frome Times has announced an upcoming event that may be of interest to our readers: Lutyens’ Mells Park is the venue for a hot debate on Who Was Shakespeare? between biographer and critic Alexander Waugh, grandson … Continue reading →

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Early September Roundup

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

There is a diverse field of material covered in this latest roundup gathered from the last two weeks: —Quadrant Magazine, an Australian cultural journal, carries on its website a droll pleading (tongue lodged in cheek) from Tony Thomas that Decline … Continue reading →

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