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Category Archives: Adaptations
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 in the News
Several papers have alluded to Evelyn Waugh or his works in recent stories: The Irish Times has an article in its “London Letter” column inspired by an interview with David Hockney in which the artist expressed his acquiescence in if not outrught support … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Bild, Brexit, Daily Telegraph, Gay Times, Guardian, Irish Times
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In the Beginning was the Waugh
Journalists and bloggers are making a practice of opening stories with quotes from or cites to the works of Evelyn Waugh. Here are two notable recent examples: The Guardian in a story about today’s match between England and Wales in … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Film, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, The Loved One, Vile Bodies, World War II
Tagged A Reality-Based Community, Guardian, Six Nations tournament, W H Auden
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Waugh Sites
Several newspapers have recently recommended visits to sites in England that have been associated with Evelyn Waugh. The Daily Telegraph in its Property column has a fairly detailed description of Renishaw Hall. Although still owned and occupied by the Sitwell … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Decline and Fall, Labels, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Castle Howard, Daily Telegraph, Irish Examiner, Madresfield Court, Renishaw Hall, SomersetLive.com
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Brideshead and Silence
Japanese author Shusaku Endo, a Roman Catholic, wrote a novel entitled Silence (1966) that has recently been adapted into a film by Martin Scorsese. The book seems generally to be considered Endo’s masterpiece. The story is about Jesuit missionaries sent out in the 16th century … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Film, Newspapers
Tagged Graham Greene, Martin Scorsese, Shusaku Endo, Silence, The Christian Review, The Power and the Glory, The Tablet
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Brideshead in the News: Charles, Sebastian and Celia
Jeremy Irons who portrayed Charles Ryder in the 1981 TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited was recently appointed Chancellor of Bath Spa University. He is the first person to occupy that position and was interviewed by Times Higher Education (THE) last month: … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Film, Lancing, Oxford, Television
Tagged Afar Magazine, Bath Spa University, BBC, Christmas blues, Emma John, Fr Angelo Geiger, Jeremy Irons, Queen Mary 2
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Party Time: Vile Bodies and Bruno Hat
The anticipation of New Year’s Eve parties inspired media references to Vile Bodies. In an entertainment news blog (Salon.com), several memorable party scenes from films were recalled. The opening scene from Stephen Fry’s film adaptation of the novel (retitled as Bright … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Film, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Bruno Hat, Jot101, Patrick Balfour, Salon.com, Tages-Anzeiger
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Waugh Dramatization Slotted for Spring Transmission
The Times has announced a list of outstanding TV dramas scheduled to air in the New Year. Among them is the adaptation of Waugh’s first novel Decline and Fall to be broadcast in the Spring. (See earlier posts.) Here’s The Times’ description: … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, The Times
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Floreat Brideshead
Brideshead Revisited receives attention in several recent postings. The New Statesman carries a brief article in its “TV and Radio” column in which a viewer retrospectively considers the 1981 TV adaptation: Watching it now, at the terrifying age of 53, … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Edmund Campion, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Television
Tagged Bonhams, New Statesman, Pansy Lamb
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