Tag Archives: Dance to the Music of Time

Evelyn’s Last Dance

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Duncan McLaren has posted two articles in his Brideshead Festival series in which Evelyn Waugh ponders the contents of the last two volumes of Anthony Powell’s Dance to the Music of Time. These are Temporary Kings (1973) and Hearing Secret … Continue reading →

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Graham Greene and Waugh Discuss Powell Novel

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

In the latest installment of imaginary encounters among Evelyn Waugh and his Oxford friends at the Castle Howard Brideshead Festival, Duncan McLaren has Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh discuss Anthony Powell’s 1971 novel Books Do Furnish a Room. This was the … 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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