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Tag Archives: Spear’s magazine
Brideshead Actress Dies in France
Actress Stéphane Audran who played Cara in the 1981 Granada TV production of Brideshead Revisited has died in France at the age of 85. She was married at one time to new wave film director Claude Chabrol and at another, … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, London, Newspapers
Tagged Brunel University London, Country Houses, Daily Express, Shakespeare, Spear's magazine, Stephane Audran, Vogue, weddings
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Henry Green, Enthusiasms, Tammy Faye, and Clarissa
The attempted revival of Henry Green’s works and reputation marches ever onward. The latest contribution is an article by Dominic Green (no likely relationship since Henry’s family name was Yorke) in the New Criterion. Green makes the case that Yorke … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Catholicism, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Evelyn Waugh, Interviews, Letters, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Scoop
Tagged Clarissa Churchill, Daily Telegraph, Dominic Green, Henry Green, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, New Criterion, Spear's magazine, Weekly Standard
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Reminder: Lecture on Waugh’s Graphic Art Tommorrow
This is a reminder that Rebecca Moore will lecture tomorrow (Tuesday, 25 July) at Maggs Bros books on her recent research into Waugh’s graphic art. The lecture is at 630pm in Maggs Bros new premises at 48 Bedford Square, London WC1. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Collections, Complete Works, Manuscripts, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged A N Devers, Anny Carpenter, Fine Books and Collecting, Maggs Bros booksellers, Phaidon, Spear's magazine
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Philip Sassoon, The Duke of Kent and the Sitwells
Waugh crops up in a number of articles about the upper class in the interwar period. In Spear’s magazine, editor William Cash reviews a book by Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone and Hythe. This is a biography of Philip Sassoon entitled … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged Christina Beevers, Damian Collins, Duke of Kent, John McLeod, Renishaw Hall, Scottish Daily Mail, Sheffield Star, Spear's magazine, William Cash
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Waugh and the Country House Revival
A recent article in Spear’s magazine by its editor-in-chief and founder William Cash deals with several subjects, including the revival of the country house. The magazine is devoted to asset/investment management and the good life and has been described as … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Television
Tagged country house revival, Spear's magazine
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