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Category Archives: Adaptations
Adaptations Abound
–In a recent issue of The Spectator, Chilton Williamson, Jr considers the success of the 1950s Perry Mason CBS TV series in light of today’s alternatives. Here’s the opening of the article: I was well into my thirties when my … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, The Loved One
Tagged Alexander Larman, Castle Howard, Chilton Williamson Jr, Perry Mason, The Critic, The Spectator
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Upcoming Waugh Events
–This Thursday, 29 July will effectively be “Waugh Night” on BBC Four. This will start with the 2008 Ecosse/Miramax film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. BBC was one of several co-producers of the film and has redeployed it several times. Oddly, … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Edmund Campion, Events, Interviews, Oxford
Tagged Amazon Prime, BBC, Campion Hall. Gerard Kilroy
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Roundup: Travel Book Revival?
–A new book about travel writing has been published. Ever hopefully, a new look for a possible revival of the genre is undertaken by Tim Hannigan in his book The Travel Writing Tribe. This is reviewed by Noo Saro-Wiwa and … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Newspapers, Non-fiction, Television, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle, World War II
Tagged Above the Law, Sydney Morning Herald, The Letterpress Project, The Times, TLS, Travel Writing
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Midsummer Night’s Roundup
–The Jermyn Street Theatre has announced a production that may be of interest to Waugh enthusiasts: Mr and Mrs Nobody is […] adapted from the popular comic novel Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith, Keith Waterhouse‘s Mr … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, The Loved One, Theater
Tagged El Manana, Guardian, Jermyn Street Theatre, New York Times, TLS
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Flag-Day Roundup
–A movie blog (SlashFilm.com) has posted a preview of a new TV adaptation under preparation for Netflix. This is based on the fantasy comics series The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. According to the report, the story has a Waugh connection: … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BookTrib.com, Canonbury Square, Netflix, The Spectator, YouTube
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Memorial Day/Spring Bank Holiday Roundup
–Historian Niall Ferguson writes about his latest book in the Daily Mail. This is entitled Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. He opens with the observation that the British have made a habit of laughing in the face of death, offering … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Television, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged BBC, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Niall Ferguson, Tate Gallery, The Independent, The Spectator
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Roundup
–The exhibition of Cecil Beaton’s works relating to the Bright Young People of the 1920s has reopened in Sheffield. This was originally scheduled for exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London last spring but was forced to close after … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, Radio Programs, Sword of Honour, Television
Tagged Alexei Sayle, BBC, Financial Times, Millennium Gallery Sheffield, The Indiependent
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Mid-May Roundup
–Nicholas Lezard, writing for the New Statesman opens his article on cold weather angst with this: I was reading Evelyn Waugh’s first travel book, Labels, which for some inexplicable reason I had never got round to before, and I was … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Labels, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Daily Mail, New Statesman, The Imaginative Conservative, The Spectator, The Times
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The Cult of the Country House Reconsidered
A reference to the article of Matthew d’Ancona in the Evening Standard was inadvertently omitted from yesterday’s post on the critical reception of the BBC’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. This is a pity because it … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Evening Standard, Matthew d'Ancona
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