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Category Archives: Adaptations
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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Tax Day Roundup
–Writing in The Tablet, former Anglican priest Chris Moody provides a remembrance of Septimus Waugh. He begins by recounting a visit, shortly before Septimus’s recent death, where Moody showed him the photo of his latest work as installed in an … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged 25yearslatersite.com, Commonwealth Essays and Studies, Daily Telegraph, Los Angeles Times, Pauline Melville, Septimus Waugh, The Tablet
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Early April Roundup
–In the Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen has reviewed Daisy Dunn’s previously mentioned new book Not Far from Brideshead. The review is entitled “The Greats [sic] and the good at Oxford.” Here’s an excerpt: …Dunn writes with intelligence and verve, but … Continue reading
The Loved One in Italy
A review of The Loved One has appeared in the Italian language religious website Radio Spada. This is by Luca Fumagalli who has been working his way through Waugh’s oeuvre as well as that of his contemporaries. This latest installment … Continue reading
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Tagged Radio Spada
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Washington’s Birthday Roundup
–In the TLS, backpage columnist M.C. is reminded of the BBC television quiz show Take It or Leave It. Devised by Brigid Brophy, this quiz show ran from 1964 until 1971 on BBC Two. “Preference and prejudice towards books and … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour, Television Programs, The Loved One
Tagged BBC, comedy.co.uk, Evening Standard, Hanya Yanagihara, MercatorNet.com, Michael Mills, New Yorker, Particia Lockwood, The Critic, TLS
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BBC Radio 4 to Rebroadcast A Handful of Dust
Tne BBC will rebroadcast its two hour, two episode radio adaptation of A Handful of Dust. This will be transmitted on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Thursday, 24 February at 1000a and will be available thereafter on BBC iPlayer. Here … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Radio 4 Extra
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Roundup: End it with a Waugh
–An opinion article in The Times by Matthew Parris considers the actions that will be taken on the part of Tory politicians seeking to replace Boris Johnson as their leader. Their different political placements call for different tactics. But the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Irish Times, New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Imaginative Conservative, The Spctator, The Times
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New Dutch Edition of Brideshead
A new Dutch edition of Brideshead Revisited will be published next week. The Dutch title is Terugkeer naar Brideshead (literally “Return to Brideshead”) and will be published by Prometheus in Amsterdam. This is the 10th edition of a Dutch version. … Continue reading
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Tagged De Standaard, translations
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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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Roundup: Parties, T-shirts and Statues
–The Financial Times has an article by Rosa Lyster on “What makes a great fictional party.” This is inspired by the party drought that was only broken only a few months ago: …As well as people, music and a reason … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Television
Tagged Bodleian Library, British Library, Financial Times, T-shirts, Variety
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