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Alexei Sayle Podcast: “Outsider (An Evelyn Waugh Special)”

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

The 31st installment of the comedian Alexei Sayle’s podcast series that was entitled Outsider (An Evelyn Waugh Special) was posted earlier today on the internet. Here’s the link. The subject and participants were described in the written announcement on the … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 23, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

–The exhibition of Cecil Beaton’s works relating to the Bright Young People of the 1920s has reopened in Sheffield. This was originally scheduled for exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London last spring but was forced to close after … Continue reading →

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Leftist Comic Again Names Waugh Favorite

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Leftist comedian Alexei Sayle has again identfied Evelyn Waugh as his favorite writer. See earlier post from Glasgow Herald. This latest comment is in a webchat on the Guardian. Here’s the relevant Q&A: Q. Having read your short stories and … Continue reading →

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Alexei Sayle Names Sword of Honour

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Comedian and author Alexei Sayle names Waugh’s Sword of Honour as the book that has been most important to him. The selection appears in yesterday’s Glasgow Herald:  Name: Alexei Sayle Latest Book: Thatcher Stole My Trousers A Book That Made Me: … Continue reading →

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