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Monthly Archives: September 2015
BBC Does Longleat
The BBC has produced a documentary series on Longleat House and its owners. This is All Change at Longleat and it focuses on the current Marquess of Bath and his son, Ceawlin (aka Viscount Weymouth). Lord Bath is not a newcomer to publicity having … Continue reading
Posted in Diaries, Documentaries, Letters, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daphne Fielding, Henry Bath, Longleat House
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Joshua Cohen Awarded Copy of Scoop
In a recent review in the New York Times, novelist and critic Joshua Cohen went a bit over the top and has been called out for it in the Weekly Standard. Cohen is best known for his novels, including Witz (2010) and … Continue reading
Posted in Scoop
Tagged Daily Mail, Joshua Cohen, Mario Vargas Llosa, New York Times, Weekly Standard
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V&A Reunites Brideshead
Last night at the Victoria & Albert Museum there was a panel discussion relating to the Granada TV 1980s production of Brideshead Revisited. The panel included actors Diana Quick (Julia Flyte) and Nicholas Grace (Anthony Blanche) as well as Derek … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Television
Tagged Derek Granger, Diana Quick, Giles Ramsay, Granada TV, Nickolas Grace, V&A Museum
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Waugh and Psychedelia
This week’s Spectator reviews a book by Rob Chapman about the history of psychedelic drugs. The title is Psychedelia and Other Colours . The book includes a consideration of the contribution made by novelist Aldous Huxley to the popularization of drugs … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Articles & Reviews, Letters, The Loved One
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay, Psychedelic Drugs, The Spectator magazine
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Travel-Writing Geezers
Yesterday’s South China Morning Post reviews a collection of travel writing by those over 60: To Oldly Go. The reviewer separates the writers into those who find travel wonderful, those who take themselves too seriously and those “who have gradually become world-weary, curmudgeonly … Continue reading
Posted in A Tourist in Africa, Labels, Ninety-Two Days, Remote People, When the Going Was Good
Tagged South China Morning Post, To Oldly Go, Travel Writing
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Books and Booze
The Guardian has published an article on what books make you thirsty. This is by Henry Jeffrys who just wrote a whole book on the subject. In his column, he runs through examples by Ernest Hemingway (Farewell to Arms), Patrick Hamilton … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Officers and Gentlemen
Tagged Drink. Guardian, Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, Henry Jeffrys, Patrick Hamilton
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