Tag Archives: Kenya

Waugh in Kenya

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Jeffrey Manley

A French language weblog is in the process of posting a longer article entitled “The Happy Valley: Des Blancs au Kenya [Whites in Kenya]”. This contains, in part 2, a brief chapter on Evelyn Waugh’s contribution to the subject. The … Continue reading →

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Travelers’ Waugh

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Evelyn Waugh was well known as a travel writer and two foreign newspapers have cited his work in their recent travel columns. In the Kenyan newspaper, Daily Nation, columnist John Fox pulled out an old, unread copy of Waugh’s last … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Happy Valley

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A recent story in the Tatler recounts the present day difficulties of the British aristocrats and their descendants who settled in that country’s area known as Happy Valley during the days of the Empire. The story centers on three members of … Continue reading →

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Shades of Black Mischief

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A recent “Wild Life” column by Aidan Hartley in the Spectator describes how the new British High Commissioner to Kenya has snubbed the few white farmers who remain in that country: I realised I had fallen from grace when we … Continue reading →

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