Tag Archives: Nancy Mitford

Waugh’s Religion

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In the current issue of the U.K. paper The Catholic Herald, an article (“Seduced by the ‘Devil’ Hitler” by Francis Phillips) opens with a familiar quote from Evelyn Waugh: There is a well-known story about the novelist Evelyn Waugh. He … Continue reading →

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Heywood Hill Bookstore Still Thriving

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Mayfair bookstore where Waugh was a customer and his friend Nancy Mitford was a manager is profiled in this week’s New York Times “T” magazine (“Shelf Life” p. 196). This is the Heywood Hill book store, in an article by Sarah … Continue reading →

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U and Non-U Updated

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In a posting on the academic weblog The Conversation, Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford, Simon Horobin, has updated Nancy Mitford’s 1955 essay on class distinctions of usage in English speech and manners. Waugh’s contribution to the public debate … Continue reading →

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Times Diary Reports Waugh Advice on Letters to America

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Patrick Kidd in today’s Times Diary reports a talk given at last week’s Waugh conference in Leicester by biographer Selina Hastings: Waugh’s correspondence with Nancy Mitford, included advice on how he dealt with fan mail. Some (university clubs, creative-writing students, … Continue reading →

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Waugh Wins Place in Literary Bad Mothers Competition

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Jeffrey Manley

In recognition of English Mother’s Day and to counterbalance the rash of  greeting card  excess, the Guardian has published an article by Moira Redmond entitled Bad Mothers in Books: a literary litany.  Top award goes to Charles Dickens with a hat … Continue reading →

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In Search of Nancy: A first trip to the Evelyn Waugh Archive

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Antony F. P. Vickery

A new blog, Waugh and Words, created by Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project at the University of Leicester, features an essay by research associate Barbara Cooke in which she describes her first visit to Alexander Waugh’s home and reflects … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh’s personal guidelines for dealing with fan mail

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Antony F. P. Vickery

As above, from Flavorwire.

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