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Roundup: From Ocean Liners to The Fiddlers Elbow

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The V&A is running an exhibit on Ocean Liners, which remains open until 17 June. Rosemary Hill has written an article about it in the London Review of Books. She discusses the history of luxury liners back to the prewar … Continue reading →

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Put Out More Rabans

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The London Review of Books has published a biographical description of his father’s experience in the early days of WWII by Jonathan Raban. One of the few literary allusions in the article is Raban’s reference to Evelyn Waugh’s Put Out … Continue reading →

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Waugh and the Horn

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Another article has appeared contrasting Evelyn Waugh’s dismissive attitude toward Djibouti in the 1930s with the bustling activity there today. This is entitled “Scramble for the Horn” by Oliver Miles in the London Review of Books: Evelyn Waugh, who passed through … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Reviews

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Prufrock column in this week’s Weekly Standard magazine contains this reference to the new book Ronald Knox: A Man for All Seasons, with a link to a review of the book: The Catholic priest Ronald Knox made a deep … Continue reading →

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Vogue Exhibit (More)

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A review by Alice Sprawls of the Vogue 100 exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery and its catalogue  appears in the London Review of Books for 5 May 2016. See earlier post. This explains that Waugh’s work for Vogue began … Continue reading →

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