Tag Archives: Chronicles

Easter Roundup

Posted on April 4, 2026 by Jeffrey Manley

–Jack Trotter has posted an essay on Waugh’s work in Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. This is entitled “Remembering Evelyn Waugh: Satirist and Defender of Moral Order.” It opens with this: Evelyn Waugh was the 20th century’s finest satirist … Continue reading →

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Early June Roundup

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Jeffrey Manley

–The New Statesman reports the confused results of the controversial Oxford Union appearance of Prof. Kathleen Stock, described as a “gender-critical feminist philosopher”. After the Union invited her to speak, a protest arose against her appearance as being unfair to … Continue reading →

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Labor Day Roundup

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Spy writer Ben Macintyre was recently interviewed by the New York Times. To the question which book by another author do you wish you had written, he answered: I would love to have written “Scoop,” by Evelyn Waugh, that vicious … Continue reading →

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