Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited

Late Winter Roundup

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

–The Daily Mail has posted some excerpts from the new and unexpurgated edition of the diaries of Chips Channon. Two of these new entries involve comments of Channon about Evelyn Waugh: Evelyn Waugh – Sunday, December 16, 1934 Lunch was … Continue reading →

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Brideshead 2008 Film Adaptation on BBC2

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Pre-Valentine Roundup

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

–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 →

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Roundup: Brideshead to Bridgerton

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

–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 →

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Unloved in LA

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Another Brideshead Anniversary

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of Brideshead Revisited in America in book format. A serialized version had been issued in four installments in November 1944-February 1945 in Town & Country magazine published in New York. The … Continue reading →

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Year’s End Roundup

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Writing in The Critic, Clive Aslet discusses the decision of the Tate Gallery to close its restaurant in response to its designation as “racist” conferred on the mural of Rex Whistler, which decorates its restaurant. See earlier post. Aslet puts … Continue reading →

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The Waugh Before Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Several publication and broadcast media have featured Waugh’s works in their holiday season offerings: –The BBC is going to rebroadcast a 2016 radio program that includes readings from Philip Eade’s biography: Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited. This will be transmitted … Continue reading →

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Mid-December Roundup

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

–Posted on the website of the Australian literary journal Quadrant, an article by Mark McGinness marks the 75th anniversary of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love. This was published on 10 December 1945 about 6 months after Brideshead Revisited … Continue reading →

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John le Carré (David Cornwell): 1931-2020 R.I.P.

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Novelist John le Carré died last week at the age of 89. Best known for his novels about spies, espionage and governmental bureaucratic intrigue, le Carre’s work would seem to have little in common with that of Evelyn Waugh. Spies … Continue reading →

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