Tag Archives: The Times

Weekend Roundup: St Helena and Pick-me-ups

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

This week’s roundup starts with religious and moves on to secular issues: –August 18th is the feast day of St Helena in the western church calendar. Blogger Amy Welborn has posted an article on Waugh’s novel about the Saint for … Continue reading →

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Late July Roundup

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Daily Telegraph has another story about the sale of Piers Court containing some new and corrected information: Piers Court at Stinchcombe occupies a remote corner of Gloucestershire. … It has views of the Welsh Hills and the Forest of … Continue reading →

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Midwinter Thoughts in Australia

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

This week was winter solstice in Australia and, in connection with that time of darkness and depression, the Sydney Morning Herald ran an article about suicide. The article, by David Astle, opened with this: Evelyn Waugh walked down to the … Continue reading →

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Janetta Parladé (1921-2018)

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Telegraph has announced the death of Janetta Parladé. As a young woman, she was a member of the Horizon magazine social set centering on the editor Cyril Connolly. Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Cvil War: Janetta … Continue reading →

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Another Private Chapel Story

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The Times reports that singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran plans to build a private chapel near his home in Suffolk. This seems to be becoming a trend. See earlier posts. The article by Libby Purves opens with a reference to a Waugh … Continue reading →

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John Julius Norwich (1929-2018)

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

John Julius Norwich died earlier this week at his home in London at the age of 88. He was the only child of Evelyn Waugh’s close friend and correspondent, Diana Cooper, and her husband Duff, with whom Waugh was not … Continue reading →

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Early TV Adaptations: Vile Bodies and Put Out More Flags

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

IMDB recently updated the archival information in its database relating to two little-known BBC TV adaptations of Waugh’s works from 1970. These are Vile Bodies  and Put Out More Flags. Both were 90-minute productions on BBC2, but some archival information … Continue reading →

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Piers Court for Sale

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s country house in Gloucestershire has been listed for sale according to Country Life magazine. The listing agent is Knight, Frank and the asking price is £3 million. The article by Penny Churchill explains that the current owners, who have lived … Continue reading →

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Brexit, Flags and Travesties

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Patrick Kidd in today’s issue of  The Times devotes his “Political Sketch” column to the Commonwealth Conference convened this week in London. He opens and closes with references to an Evelyn Waugh novel: Put out more flags. Evelyn Waugh took … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh, Brexiteer?

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

In an article in the “pro-market” website Reaction, Alastair Benn considers why more artists do not support Britain’s exit from the EU. When he reviews where today’s writers come out on this subject, Evelyn Waugh’s name comes up: Although it might … Continue reading →

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