Tag Archives: Steven Runciman

Alastair Graham and Steven Runciman (more)

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In a recent post we mentioned a weblog article that described the friendship or affair between Waugh’s Oxford friend Alastair Graham and historian Steven Runciman. The book cited in that article (Outlandish Knight by Minoo Dinwash) sheds additional light on this matter and … Continue reading →

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Alastair Graham, Steven Runciman and More Misfits

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A blogger named John (who lives in the Southern US) posted on his weblog Notes from a Common-place Book a report of his recent trip to England. This posting is dated 4 September 2017. He sought out gravesites of writers he considered “misfits” … Continue reading →

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Simon Leys on Evelyn Waugh

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s issue of The Weekly Standard carries a review of a biography of Simon Leys (1935-2014). The review is entitled “Muddle Kingdon” and the reviewer is Stephen Miller. Leys was the pen name of Pierre Ryckmans, a Belgian who became … Continue reading →

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