Category Archives: World War II

Update: Churchill’s Secret Affair

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Channel 4’s documentary Churchill’s Secret Affair broadcast last night differs in several important details from the account published in the Daily Mail last week. See previous post. Several experts contribute to the documentary. From our perspective the most important are … Continue reading →

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Weekend Roundup: French Connections

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In a Times review of  Nina Caplan’s new book The Wandering Vine: Wine, the Romans and Me, reviewer Michael Henderson includes this as his opening: “O for a beaker full of the warm south!” Keats, who died in Rome, gave … 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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North London Stage Production to Feature Evelyn Waugh

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

 The Highgate, North London, theatre Upstairs at the Gatehouse has announced the premiere of a new play called Happy Warriors that will feature Evelyn Waugh as one of the principal characters. The script is by James Hugh Macdonald and is … Continue reading →

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Céline, Muriel Spark and Lloyd Cole

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Frederic Raphael is still best known for the TV adaptation of his own 1976 novel The Glittering Prizes, which is often compared with Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. Indeed, it is not too much to say that the popular and critical success … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Tito

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Standpoint magazine in its current issue has reprinted a letter from Milena Borden who is also one of our readers. She was commenting on an article in the magazine’s November issue as explained in her letter. Here is the text of … Continue reading →

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New Book on Churchill and WWII Yugoslavia

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

A book published late last year reconsiders Winston Churchill’s decision to back the Communist Partisans in favor of the Royalist Chetniks in WWII Yugoslavia. This is by Christopher Catherwood and is entitled Churchill and Tito: SOE, Bletchley Park and Supporting … Continue reading →

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Autumn Issue of Society Journal

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Autumn 2017 issue of the society’s journal (Evelyn Waugh Studies, No. 48.2) has been issued. The contents are posted below. The complete issue will be posted on the internet later this week: ARTICLES Paul Pennyfeather and the Victorian Governess: … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Christmas, 1942

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In a letter to his wife, Evelyn Waugh describes his Christmas 75 years ago in 1942. At the time, he was stationed with his brigade in Sherborne School, Dorset, where his father and brother Alec were students but from which … Continue reading →

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Randolph Remembered

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Beast has published a memoir of Randolph Churchill by Clive Irving. This is in response to Randolph’s relative neglect in the wake of all the attention accorded to his father following two recent successful film treatments and several … Continue reading →

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