Tag Archives: Daily Telegraph

Boris Johnson Wins “Pennyfeather Prize”

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Michael Deacon writing in the Daily Telegraph reports on Boris Johnson’s overblown responses to parliamentary questions: …Virtually his every answer was a speech, lasting two, three, four minutes…Whether the committee found Mr Johnson’s views enlightening, I couldn’t say. But as … Continue reading →

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Anthony Powell Biography (More)

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The new biography of Anthony Powell by Hilary Spurling has been widely reviewed in the British press and several additional reviews have cited Evelyn Waugh’s friendship with Powell. Nicholas Shakespeare, writer and director of the BBC Arena documentary “The Waugh … Continue reading →

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Three Generations of Waughs in The Oldie

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Various Waughs (and their associates) are scattered throughout the pages of this month’s issue of The Oldie. The leading feature article by Alan Thomas is about the Bright Young People and opens with a reference to Waugh’s novel Vile Bodies: … Continue reading →

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Telegraph Names Brideshead Among Top TV Costume Dramas

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

On the occasion of ITV’s announcement of a new TV adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, the Daily Telegraph has produced an album from what its fashion editors consider the most sumptuous costume dramas of all time. Granada’s 1981 … Continue reading →

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Play About Sonia Orwell Opens in London

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Domenic Cavendish writing in the Daily Telegraph reviews a play entitled “Mrs Orwell” that opened recently in London. This is about Sonia Orwell, the secretary at Cyril Connolly’s Horizon magazine who married George Orwell a few weeks before his death. There … Continue reading →

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Telegraph Article Considers Wisdom of Retaining Diaries

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Jane Shilling  considers the wisdom of retaining private diaries. This is occasioned by the upcoming publication of the teenage diaries of novelist Margaret Forster. The case of Waugh’s diaries is considered: What would Forster  have felt about … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Wales and Fashion

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A recent article in the TLS entitled “Do the Welsh Just Sing?” by Samuel Graydon opens with a quote from Decline and Fall: “The Welsh . . . are the only nation in the world that has produced no graphic or … Continue reading →

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Tom Wolfe Alters Waugh

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Novelist Tom Wolfe has written a detailed obituary of painter and photographer Marie Cosindas for New York magazine. In this, he explains that Cosindas is best known for being the first photographer to realize the potentials of Polaroid color film. She studied under … Continue reading →

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Sports Day Revival

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

After falling out of favor, at least at the more progressive public schools, competitive sports are having a revival. According to Jane Shilling, writing in the Daily Telegraph, that has also created a renewed interest in sports days. For some, … Continue reading →

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Times Previews Episode 3 of Decline and Fall

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Times has provided a detailed preview of tonight’s final episode of the BBC’s adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. Not surprisingly, given the darker contents of the latter part of the novel, the preview by James Jackson finds … Continue reading →

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