Tag Archives: Lisa Hilton

Roundup: Boyd, Banville and Paper Hats

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Novelist William Boyd is interviewed in The Times by Robbie Millen. This is on the occasion of the publication of Boyd’s new novel Trio  which is about the creation of a film in the late 1960s. After establishing Boyd’s somewhat … Continue reading →

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Waugh in the Food Columns

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Lisa Hilton, biographer, novelist and now food critic for Standpoint magazine, was apparently assigned to write a review of a new Italian restaurant in Covent Garden called Margot. This establishment was downgraded by some other food critics such as Jay … Continue reading →

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Lisa Hilton Video re Brideshead

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Novelist and biographer Lisa Hilton has posted a one-minute video in the Why I Love This Book series explaining why Waugh’s 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited is her favorite novel. She is most impressed by the quality of the writing which managed, … Continue reading →

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Writer Follows Waugh’s Career Advice

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Lisa Hilton, who has just just written a new novel, is interviewed in today’s Belfast Telegraph. The book is entitled Maestra and is described an erotic thriller:  It tells the story of Judith, a working-class young beauty trying to make a … Continue reading →

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