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Category Archives: Evelyn Waugh
Brideshead 2008 Film Adaptation on BBC2
The Times has posted in its TV listings the following notice about the broadcast of the 2008 film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. This will take place today (Sa 27 Feb 2021) at 225 GMT: BBC2, 2.25pm The reaction to Julian … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC2
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Washington’s Birthday Roundup
–Last week’s Sunday Telegraph reviews a new book by Simon Fenwick entitled The Crichel Boys. This is about a post-WWII literary salon established in a house that was formerly the rectory of Long Crichel, Dorset. This was purchased by Eddy … Continue reading
Wilfred Thesiger Profiled in “The Article”
Biographer Jeffrey Meyers has written a profile of pre-eminent British travel writer Wilfred Thesiger. This is posted in the online literary journal The Article. Meyers begins by recalling his 1979 interview of Thesiger in the latter’s London apartment. He notes … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Newspapers, Remote People, Waugh in Abyssinia
Tagged Jeffrey Meyers, The Article, Wilfred Thesiger
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Italian Version of A Little Learning
Evelyn Waugh’s autobiography A Little Learning will come out in an Italian edition next week. This is entitled Autobiografia di un perdigiorno (Autobiography of an Idler). Here is a translated excerpt of a review in Il Giornali by Stenio Solinas … Continue reading
Posted in A Little Learning, Biographies, Newspapers
Tagged Il Giornali, Italian Translation, Mario Fortunato, Stenio Solinas
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Pre-Valentine Roundup
–The Spanish newspaper El Periodico announces the issuance of a Catalan translation of Brideshead Revisited; Sebastian and Charles burst into the kitchen, in love like penguins, to share in the bombshell news that Viena Edicions has just published in Catalan … Continue reading
Roundup: Brideshead to Bridgerton
–A new Netflix serial “Bridgerton” has been compared in several papers to Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited and its film and TV adaptations. Here an excerpt from the Bloomsberg News: … “Bridgerton” is a sly and sexy Netflix Inc. series set … Continue reading
Vile Bodies Artifact Posted on Etsy
A theatre programme from the 1932 London stage production of Vile Bodies was recently posted for sale on etsy.com. Here’s the description: This is a very rare survivor – and indeed so much so that I am unable to find … Continue reading
Unloved in LA
William Cash has written a feature length article in the Catholic Herald that provides some new insights into Evelyn Waugh’s 1947 trip to Hollywood. The trip combined an effort to agree film rights with MGM for Brideshead Revisited as well … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged Catholic Herald, MGM Studios, William Cash
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MLK Weekend Roundup
—The Tablet has posted an excerpt from Waugh’s novel Helena in recognition of both the Christmas season and the recent publication of that novel as the latest addition (vol. 11) to the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh. Here’s the introduction … Continue reading
Sword of Honour Reviewed in Italy (More)
Luca Fumagalli has completed his review of Sword of Honour with two installments in subsequent postings on Radio Spada. See previous post for volume 1. The review and summary of second volume Officers and Gentlemen (Ufficiale e Gentiluomini in Italian) … Continue reading
