Tag Archives: Foreign Policy

Mid-September Roundup

Posted on September 14, 2025 by Jeffrey Manley

–A post on the website UnHerd.com seems to have been inspired by the recent book of Eleanor Doughty on the British aristocracy Heirs and Graces. This has been mentioned in several previous posts. The article is written by Pratinav Anil … Continue reading →

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Mid-July Roundup

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–British author, commentator and journalist Gerald Warner has posted an article entitled “Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Powell–visions of a vanished Britain.” In this he compares the lives and writings of the two authors who were also friends in real life. … Continue reading →

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Waugh and the RAF

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Foreign Policy magazine is publishing excerpts from a new book by Thomas Ricks entitled Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom. The latest installmentĀ discusses the RAF pilots who preventedĀ a German invasion in the Battle of Britain and who were predominantly … Continue reading →

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