Category Archives: Newspapers

Waugh as Biographer, Up to a Point

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In this week’s Spectator, the lead book review (“Biography is a thoroughly reprehensible genre”) is by Roger Lewis. In this, he describes a book by James Atlas entitled The Shadow in the Garden: A Biographer’s Tale. Atlas is a literary … Continue reading →

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Roundup: From Seven Deadly Sins to Four Brandy Alexanders

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Spanish newspaper El Mundo has a story about the career of novelist Ian Fleming, best known for his James Bond novels and films. This begins with a discussion of Fleming’s less well-known role as International Editor of The Sunday … Continue reading →

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“Churchill’s Secret Affair” to Air in TV Documentary

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Mail has a feature length story on what may have been a secret (but brief) affair between Lady Castlerosse (born in humble circumstances as Doris Delevigne) and Winston Churchill. This took place (if it did) in spring 1930 … Continue reading →

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Private Chapels (More)

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In a recent post we mentioned a newly built Roman Catholic private chapel at Culham Court near Henley in which regular services are held. The Catholic Herald has an article this week by Sarah Crofts about several more such private … Continue reading →

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Vile Bodies: Two Wins and a Loss

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Esquire magazine has published a list of what it considers the “24 Funniest Books Ever Written” as compiled by Will Hersey. At number 6 is Waugh’s Vile Bodies (1930): …Evelyn Waugh brilliantly, hilariously, unflinchingly but always humanely pinions a society … Continue reading →

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Too Much #MeToo?: Bring Back Bron

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In a recent issue of the Spectator, Matthew Parris longs for the return of Auberon Waugh. Parris feels that Auberon’s humorous approach to controversial matters is needed to bring some balance and reason to the debate over women’s rights in … Continue reading →

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Ethiopia Explicated: Waugh and Wakanda

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In an article posted on the news website Taki’s Magazine, journalist and blogger Steve Sailer offers what seems a good summary history of Ethiopia. Perhaps central to his explanation of why an ancient Christian civilization and monarchy survived in the … Continue reading →

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Next Witness: Call Captain Grimes

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Alex Renton recently wrote a book about pederasty in British prep schools and public schools called Stiff Upper Lip: Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class. He has now made a documentary about the same subject which aired … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh’s Ash Wednesday in New Orleans

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

On the occasion of the first day of Lent (or Ash Wednesday) in the Western Christian church, the Jesuit journal America has reprinted a 1955 article about its association with the carnival known in the French speaking world as Mardi … Continue reading →

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Satirical Novel to be Adapted for TV

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

ITV has commissioned the adaptation for TV of J G Farrell’s 1978 novel The Singapore Grip. This is promised by online entertainment news magazine Deadline Hollywood to be of interest to Waugh fans. The adaptation will be by Christopher Hampton and … Continue reading →

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