Category Archives: Auberon Waugh

Roundup: Hat Trick in The Spectator

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

There is a diverse assortment of cites to Waugh’s works this week, with The Spectator scoring a hat trick in its various editions: —The Spectator has a review of a new book that attacks “modernist” architecture. The book is entitled … Continue reading →

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Weekend Roundup: St Helena and Pick-me-ups

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s roundup starts with religious and moves on to secular issues: –August 18th is the feast day of St Helena in the western church calendar. Blogger Amy Welborn has posted an article on Waugh’s novel about the Saint for … Continue reading →

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Two Bloggers and a Librarian Reading Waughs

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Two bloggers have been posting comments on their readings of Waugh novels. One, on Brideshead Revisited, the other, on the novels of Auberon Waugh. A German librarian has also contributed a report on her reading of Put Out More Flags: … Continue reading →

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Another Waugh Literary Debut

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Mail in Richard Eden’s gossip column, reports the literary debut of another descendent of Evelyn Waugh: …Panda La Terriere, his great-granddaughter, has become the talk of the Edinburgh Fringe festival with a play she’s written about someone addicted … Continue reading →

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Downside’s Future Threatened (Updated)

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of The Spectator has an article about the future of the two remaining Benedictine order public schools in Britain. These are Ampleforth in North Yorkshire and Downside in Somerset. A combination of falling enrollments (Roman Catholics are … Continue reading →

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Score Settling Time

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In the 12 July 2018 issue of the New York Review of Books, Max Hastings, former editor of the Daily Telegraph, reviews Hilary Spurling’s biography of Anthony Powell. This is not scheduled to be published in the USA until the … Continue reading →

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Bastille Day Roundup

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

With the French celebrating their National Day and their World Cup victory this past weekend, our latest roundup is dedicated to them. Appropriately enough, our first entry relates to France. –In the weblog Literary Hub, Emily Temple admits that most writers … Continue reading →

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Amazon to Screen Thorpe Scandal Series in USA

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Amazon.com will screen the BBC TV series A Very English Scandal in the USA on its Amazon Prime streaming service later this month. In fact, it appears that episode 1 may be already be available to view as a bonus feature in … Continue reading →

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“Waugh, Auberon, Dog Lovers Party…”

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In the final episode last night on BBC1 of A Very English Scandal, Auberon Waugh does make a very brief appearance, as promised by the excellent background article in Radio Times. This occurs in a re-enactment of the announcement of … Continue reading →

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Update: Thorpe Scandal Discussed in The Oldie

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Milena Borden files this report from London relating to an article by Alexander Waugh in the latest issue of The Oldie: “Rinka’s Revenge: When Auberon Waugh fought Jeremy Thorpe in the 1979 election, he honoured a family love of dogs, says his … Continue reading →

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