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Category Archives: Adaptations
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
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Radio
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
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
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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The Times Revisits Castle Howard
Today’s issue of The Times carries an article by Andrew Billen (“Stately homes to spare? TV stardom beckons”) recommending country houses to visit, once they are reopened to the public, based on their setting for TV series and films. This … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Andrew Billen, Castle Howard, Christopher Ridgway, Peter Fawcett, The Times newspaper
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New Year’s Roundup
–In a semi-final round of the University Challenge Christmas edition on BBC4, broadcast 29 December 2021, a three-part bonus question was based on the writings of Selina Hastings. The question (at 11:02 minutes) was to identify the subjects of three … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Interviews, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Independent, Life Magazine, New York Times, University Challenge, Vogue
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Pre-Christmas Roundup
—The Times reports a recent interview of Nicholas Howard, current resident of Castle Howard in North Yorkshire. The interview, conducted and reported by Helen Rumbelow, opens with a discussion of the shortfall in revenue caused by the recent Covid-related closures … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Television
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Phil Klay, The Spectator, The Times, Time magazine
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Roundup: Flaubert’s Birth and Hitchens’ Death
–Novelist Julian Barnes has written a rambling retrospective of Flaubert’s career covering all of his books and many of his own and Flaubert’s obsessions. This is on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Flaubert’s birth and is published in … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Anniversaries, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Television
Tagged Christopher Hitchens, CrimeReads.com, Daily Telegraph, London Review of Books, Ross Douthat, Town & Country
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