Category Archives: Catholicism

Brideshead Article Reprinted

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The politically conservative journal Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture has posted a 2015 article by Roman Catholic journalist Joseph Pearce. The article, entitled “Revisiting Brideshead“, provides a concise and coherent restatement of the religious underpinnings of Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. Particularly good, … Continue reading →

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Italian Review of Decline and Fall

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Radio Spada, the Roman Catholic news website based in Italy, has published a review by Luca Fumagalli of Waugh’s Decline and Fall (published in Italian as Declino e caduta). This review covers both the book and the recent BBC TV serial which … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump, Pope Francis and Rex Mottram in Vanity Fair

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Paul Elie, “pontificating” (his pun) in Vanity Fair magazine, writes of the possible results of this week’s meeting between Donald Trump and Pope Francis. He begins by comparing their respective elections: How strange is this: a group of 115 unelected celibate men … Continue reading →

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Promotion Begins for US Broadcast of Decline and Fall

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Several internet sites that track TV streaming services have noted Acorn TV’s offering of the BBC adaptation of Decline and Fall. This will begin on May 15. The most interesting is a review on the website TV Equals by P … Continue reading →

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Another Norwegian Article on Brideshead

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The recent new translation of Brideshead Revisited into Norwegian has engendered another article. See earlier posts. This appears in a Norwegian-language Roman Catholic  weblog and is written by Fr Oddvar Moi. The article contains a brief description of Waugh’s early life … Continue reading →

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The Caramanserai and Objets D’Arcy

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The current issue of The Tablet has a feature length article about Frederick Copleston, SJ entitled “The Cleverest Jesuit”. This is by John Haldane, Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University and University of St Andrews. He begins by describing the context … Continue reading →

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Waugh, Helena and the Gnostics

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

George Weigel, author and Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC, has a written an essay aimed at generating interest in Waugh’s late novel Helena. Writing in the Catholic World Report, Weigel describes the novel … Continue reading →

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Waugh in Reviews

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Prufrock column in this week’s Weekly Standard magazine contains this reference to the new book Ronald Knox: A Man for All Seasons, with a link to a review of the book: The Catholic priest Ronald Knox made a deep … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Lecture Online

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Fr Robert Lauder, priest in the Diocese of Brooklyn who teaches literature at St John’s University, has given a lecture on Brideshead Revisited that is now available online. Click here. The lecture is part of a series on the Catholic Novel … Continue reading →

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Waugh in the Papers

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

There are references to Waugh and his works in several major newspapers. In The Weekend Australian, an article in their opinion section urged Brits, Yanks and Aussies to stop blaming voters they view as irredeemably dim for results such as Brexit, Trump and, in … Continue reading →

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