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Category Archives: Film
Mid-September Roundup
–A new biography of Claud Cockburn, friend and cousin of Evelyn Waugh has been published. This is entitled Believe in Nothing Until It is Officially Denied and is reviewed on the British political website conservativehome.com. The book by Patrick Cockburn … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Biographies, Complete Works, Film, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One
Tagged Claud Cockburn, Conservativehome.com, Oxford University Press, The Times, Wall Street Journal
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Roundup: An Election, a Film and a Lost Masterpiece.
—The Sunday Times has a story (7 July) in which Will Lloyd considers whether the recent election has brought social mobility back to the the British government and ended the domination of the “posh boys” who were the leaders of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Helena, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Aleteia, Rex Whistler, Sunday Times, The Mitford Sisters, The Oldie, The Tatler
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New Years Roundup
–The website LibraryThing.com has posted a review of the Folio Society editions of Black Mischief of which there have been three. Here’s the text: [Black Mischief] is a quite politically incorrect farce set in 1930 in the mythical country of … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Internet, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Folio Society, LibraryThing.com, Saltburn, The Guardian, The Times
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Pre-Christmas Roundup
–The British Film Institute (BFI) has posted a copy of Evelyn Waugh’s 1924 silent film production The Scarlet Woman. I think the film was more a creation of Waugh’s Oxford friend Terrence Greenidge than Waugh himself, although Waugh seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Film, Internet, Love Among The Ruins, Newspapers
Tagged BFI, CapX, Roderic O'Connor, The Scarlet Woman, The Spectator, The Times
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Twofer: Waugh and the Country House
–An essay in current issue of The Critic is devoted to the threatened demise and later salvation of the English Country House. This is by Lara Brown and is entitled “Waugh saves the English country house.” She begins by explaining … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers
Tagged country house, Graham Swift, Mothering Sunday, Prospect Magazine, The Critic
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Easter Roundup
–Drinks website The Master of Malt has posted a story tracing the history of Cognac. Here’s a contribution from Waugh: …According to Boswell, Samuel Johnson said: “claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Film, Internet, The Loved One
Tagged New York Times, P G Wodehouse Society, Rod Steiger, The Betjeman Society
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Roundup
–Duncan McLaren sent over an interesting exchange relating to Waugh’s possible use of Peter Quennell as a model for characters in his novels. His an excerpt from the email that started it: Dear Mr McLaren, I am a reader of … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Film, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged National Catholic Reporter, OSV News, Patheos, Peter Quennell, The Sunday Times
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Robert Morse (1931-2022) R.I.P.
American actor Robert Morse has died at the age of 90 at his home in Los Angeles. He is best known in this parish as the actor who played the role of Dennis Barlow in the 1960’s Hollywood adaptation of … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Film, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged New York Times, Robert Morse
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Midwinter Roundup
–Charles Moore writing in his miscellany column for The Spectator marks the upcoming 70th anniversary of the death of George VI: King George VI died in his sleep 70 years ago next week, after a day at Sandringham shooting hares … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Letters, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law, Vile Bodies
Tagged Guardian, Radio Spada, The Data Lounge, The Spectator, UT Permian Basin
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