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Breitbart: Blows Fall in Alabama

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Breitbart news, in-house journal of the alt-right and home of former Trump insider Steve Bannon, has quoted Evelyn Waugh in a story gloating about the results of the Alabama primary earlier this week: In his 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited, author … Continue reading →

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Scoop in the News

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s 1930s novel Scoop about newspapers and journalists has itself made the news in two journals this week. The Independent, now an online-only newspaper, has compiled a list of  “novels or films whose invented insider culture influenced real life.” Here’s … Continue reading →

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