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Waugh and Country Houses

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

There have been several recent articles that mention Evelyn Waugh in connection with English country houses: Carlton Towers. As noted in a recent post, this house was the setting of Hetton Abbey in the 1980s film version of A Handful of … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Oldie Article: “Too Close for Comfort”

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of Oldie magazine has an article (“Too Close for Comfort”) by Michael Barber on novelists’ use of those they know from real life to create characters in their fiction. Barber is the author of a Brief Life of Evelyn … Continue reading →

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Waugh Remembered on Fleming Anniversary

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A website devoted to the life and works of Ian Fleming has posted an article commemorating two important events on 12 August. One is the birth on that date in 1952 of Caspar, Fleming’s only son with his wife Ann. Ian … Continue reading →

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