Tag Archives: The Times

Waugh Quoted in Times Article on Brexit

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Times for 11 October carries an article castigating those members of the Conservative Party who are now backing away from the anti-immigrant groundswell that carried the day for the Leave faction who led the campaign for Brexit. The unsigned … Continue reading →

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Waugh Week in The Times

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Times (a London print newspaper) seems to have declared Waugh Week. On Saturday and Sunday (as noted previously) it published separate full length reviews by Paula Byrne and John Walsh, respectively, of Philip Eade’s new biography of Waugh. Today … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Reviewed (More)

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Several more reviews have been posted of the stage production of Brideshead Revisted. In the York Press, Charles Hutchinson finds much to like in the new theatre, the settings and the performances but also concludes that  as Bryony Lavery’s two … Continue reading →

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English Men of Letters

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Critic and novelist D.J. Taylor’s new study The Prose Factory: Literary Life in England since 1918 is being reviewed in advance of its January 7th U.K. publication date. The book is primarily devoted to those who made their livings as men (or … Continue reading →

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