On September 25th, Castle Howard, the magnificent baroque mansion in Yorkshire used as a location for the 1981 Granada Television series Brideshead Revisited
Two days later, on September 27th, Dr. Ridgway will be giving a public lecture, "Castle Howard and Brideshead: Fact, Fiction and In-Between." The talk will be followed by a reception and an opportunity to review relevant material from the archives.
Newspaper reports of Brideshead Day mention that Dr. Ridgway will launch a new book at the event with the same title as his public lecture. Additional information on this will be posted when available.
UPDATE (September 13): A Yorkshire Post story about Castle Howard and its Brideshead celebration: "Three decades on, Brideshead revisited again by historic mansion".
UPDATE (September 21): Dr. Ridgway's new book is Castle Howard and Brideshead: Fact, Fiction and In-Between, published by Castle Howard, 64pp, £10. It is available for purchase at Castle Howard, which will also accept orders by telephone and email.
From what writing is this passage; "Suddenly quite near him there was a rifle shot. He heard the crack and smack and whistling ricochet among the rocks behind him. He dropped his torch and began feebly to trot. He lost the path and stumbled from boulder to boulder until treading on something which seemed smooth and round and solid in the star light he found himself in the top of a tree which grew twenty feet below. Scattering Greek currency among the leaves, he subsided quite gently from branch to branch and when he reached ground continued to roll over and over, down and down, caressed and momentarily stayed by bushes until at length he came to rest as though borne there by a benevolent Zephyr of classical myth, in a soft, dark, sweet-smelling, empty place where the only sound was the music of falling water. And there for a time the descent ended. Out of sight, out of hearing, the crowded boats put out from the beach; the men-o' war sailed away and Fido slept
It’s from Officers and Gentlemen, pages 265/266 of the first edition 1955 – part which deals with the Crete fiasco. The same text is repeated in Sword of Honour pp 482/3. In the former “starlight” was one word; in the latter it was “star-light”. In both it is “his” descent, not “the” so this extract may be taken from a later edition, but not the first Penguin Edition of S of H where the wording is identical to the O & G text.