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Author Archives: Jeffrey Manley
El Pais Chronicles Brideshead TV Generation
A feature article in the Spanish language newspaper El Pais chronicles the generation of party goers inspired by the 1981 Granada TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited: In his first scene, Sebastian appears vomiting through an open window. Margaret Thatcher had been living in Downing … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Photographs, Television
Tagged Dafydd Jones, El Pais
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Combe Florey Parish Council at Risk
The Parish Council of Combe Florey is at risk of dissolution for lack of interest. According to the Somerset County Gazette, there are only two council members remaining in their seats as a result of others having resigned. The Parish Council … Continue reading
Posted in Combe Florey, Newspapers, Waugh Family
Tagged Combe Florey Parish Council, Somerset County Gazzette, Taunton Deane Borough Council
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TLS Reviews Waugh Books
The latest TLS has a review of the two recently published books about Evelyn Waugh by Ann Pasternak Slater and Philip Eade. The review, entitled “Horrors of Waugh”, is available to read on the internet. It is written by journalist … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Ann Pasternak Slater, Philip Eade, TLS, Violet Hudson
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Guardian Includes The Loved One in Top 10 Hollywood Novels
The Guardian in this week’s “Top 10” books column considers books about Hollywood. Evelyn Waugh’s 1948 novella The Loved One is among those selected by Tim Walker who has himself just finished his own contribution to the genre (Smoke Over Malibu). … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Miscellaneous, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, The Loved One
Tagged Greg Sheridan, Guardian, The Australian, Tim Weeks
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Paula Byrne to Appear at Highclere and Other Waugh News
Biographer Paula Byrne (author of Mad World: Evelyn Waugh and the Secrets of Brideshead (2009)) will appear in a program entitled “Literature and Landscapes” to be held at Highclere Castle near Newbury, Berkshire, in May. The venue is better known as the … Continue reading
Favorite Second Novels
The Royal Society of Literature is conducting a poll of UK residents to determine their favorite second novel. The competition is explained on the RSL’s website: Second novels are a notorious challenge for writers. Whether their first novel was a … Continue reading
Wrong Waugh
The interactive internet site Ranker has started a new rating survey in which Evelyn Waugh is included. A previous posting has him under consideration for the rating of Best Roman Catholic Author, in which he is currently listed as #3. See previous post … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Alec Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Lancing, Television
Tagged Arthur Waugh, Ranker, Sherborne School
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Decline and Fall of the Bullingdon Club
This week’s Spectator has a feature article and podcast by Harry Mount on the parlous straits of Oxford’s Bullingdon Club. He confesses to having been a member himself but seems open minded about its likely demise: It isn’t quite dead — … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Oxford, Television
Tagged Bullingdon Club, Daily Mail, Dusty Springfield, Harry mount, Katherine Kingsley, Spectator
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Waugh Quoted in Bruising Battle of Cardinals
A story in Catholic World Review by Edward Peters, described elsewhere as a Canon Law expert, opens with a quote from Brideshead Revisited to describe a doctrinal dispute between two Vatican officials: Evelyn Waugh’s character Charles Ryder described his friend … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Catholic World Report
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Anti-Valentine to EW from KQED
On the latest episode of The Cooler, the weekly pop-culture podcast on KQED, the theme is Valentine’s Day and opens with an extended discussion of celebrity couple break-ups. From this the commentators segue into a discussion of a letter from Evelyn Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Letters, Radio Programs
Tagged KQED, The Cooler
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