Tag Archives: Daily Telegraph

Simon Heffer Links Waugh and Greene

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Critic and columnist Simon Heffer has written an essay assessing Graham Greene’s work in the Telegraph. He admits to having had a problem with some of Greene’s work, especially the Roman Catholic bits, but after setting out to read though the … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh, Winston Churchill and Boris Johnson

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Boris Johnson, ex-Mayor of London and gadfly without portfolio of the Conservative Party, has written a book about his hero Winston Churchill. Entitled The Churchill Factor, this was published to much acclaim in 2014 and was excerpted in the Daily Telegraph. … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reviewed

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The stage production of Brideshead Revisited that opened last week at York’s Theatre Royal has been reviewed in several media. The reviewers like the settings and production but largely express disappointment with the script and direction. Claire Allfree in today’s … Continue reading →

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Brideshead People in Telegraph

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Today’s Daily Telegraph contains a discussion (not quite a review) of the theatrical version of Brideshead Revisited that opened last week in York. This is in an article by Rupert Christiansen entitled: “What became of the real people who inspired … Continue reading →

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Waugh at Chatsworth

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Yorkshire Post has a story about an exhibit at Chatsworth House of Cecil Beaton’s photographs. The photos themselves are mostly from Southebys but the subjects of these photos are visitors to Chatsworth. One of the photos is of Evelyn Waugh. … Continue reading →

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War, Peace and Brideshead

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In yesterday’s Daily Telegraph, Harry Mount declares the recent BBC adaptation of War and Peace by Andrew Davies to be a failure. This is inevitable, he writes, when an attempt is made to compress a massive 19th Century novel, written originally in a foreign language, … Continue reading →

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Happier Hunting Ground (U.K. Branch)

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Telegraph has run an article on the history and current status of pet cemeteries and crematoria in the U.K. A cite to Waugh’s 1948 novella The Loved One, which prominently described one such institution in Southern California, was perhaps inevitable. … Continue reading →

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Publisher of Waugh’s Diaries and Letters Dies

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Telegraph has announced the death at the age of 96 of George Weidenfeld, who published Waugh’s Diaries and Letters. According to the Telegraph, Weidenfeld sometimes said that [Vladimir Nabokov’s] Lolita (1959, a “cautionary tale”) and [Mary McCarthy’s] The Group … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Agony Aunt

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the “Dear Abby” newspaper column, the Daily Telegraph has compiled a list of the most notable agony aunts in literature, TV and film. Waugh qualifies for a character from The Loved One: GURU BRAHMIN … Continue reading →

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Date Announced for New Waugh Biography

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Telegraph has announced the 31 March publication date for a new biography of Waugh: March 31: Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited, by Philip Eade (Books) There has been no full-length biography of Evelyn Waugh for 20 years. Ahead … Continue reading →

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