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Another Spectator Competition: Glasto & Glynders

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Spectator recently set another parody competition in which a Waugh entry received honorable mention but once again was not among those published. See previous post. This was described by columnist Lucy Vickery as: … Competition No. 3157 [in which] … Continue reading →

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Waugh’s Selfie

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

In a recent post we mentioned Evelyn Waugh’s appearance in a response to  Spectator competition #3148-Selfie. This was set by Lucy Vickery in the 10,000th edition of the magazine: ‘Some famous painters are thought to have slipped small self-portraits into … Continue reading →

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