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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
Mottramism (More)
A reader has sent a link to an article posted by The American Conservative magazine. This is written by one of its senior editors Rod Dreher who both traces the origin of the term “Mottramism” as applied in the Roman Catholic … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged Mottramism, Rod Dreher, The American Conservative
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Roundup
—The Middle East and North African Financial News (posting as MENAFN) has a story that explains how the end of empire led to rising inequality in Britain that helped the Leave campaign to prevail in the Brexit vote. Among the … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged HoleOusia.com, MENAFN, St Austin Review, University of Colorado
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Brideshead Products On Offer
An internet-based marketing company called TeePublic.com has on offer several personal articles of clothing and household goods decorated with the cover art from the dust jacket of the Little, Brown/Book of the Month Club 1945 first edition of Brideshead Revisited. … Continue reading
Cardinal Newman’s Canonization
Several papers carry stories commemorating Cardinal John Henry Newman on the occasion of his canonization. This will take place tomorrow in Rome. One story, from the religious website Aleteia, mentions the first Newman Center for university students at Oxford that … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Events, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Aleteia, Cardinal John Henry Newman, Fr F W Faber, The Sunday Times
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Profile of Fr Martin D’Arcy on Italian Website
The life and career of Fr Martin D’Arcy are profiled in a recent issue of the Italian-language religious website Radio Spada. Fr D’Arcy was Waugh’s friend and Roman Catholic mentor from the time of his conversion to that faith. He … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Edmund Campion, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Campion Hall, Martin D'Arcy, Radio Spada
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Mottramism: Another Wavian Neologism?
The religious website Where Peter Is has posted an article defending Pope Francis against charges of “Mottramism” by his critics. The posting is by Nathan Turowsky and opens with this: Critics of Pope Francis on social media use many terms … Continue reading
Autumnal Equinox Round-up
–A N Wilson writing in the Times newspaper reviews a new book by Dominic Sandbrook. This is number 5 in a series Sandbrook is writing about the cultural and social history of England in the post Suez period. It covers … Continue reading
Positive Light on 2008 Brideshead Film
Several recent articles have reconsidered the much-maligned 2008 film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited in a relatively more positive light: –In a essay published in TLS earlier this month, Mikaella Clements writes about the theme of the “bath in twentieth century … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers
Tagged Ben Whishaw, Julian Jarrold, Matthew Goode, TLS
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Mid-September Roundup: Applause and Design
—The Times newspaper carries an excerpt from David Cameron’s new memoirs For the Record in which he recalls his education. After prep school and Eton, he discusses Oxford and concludes with this about his membership in the Bullingdon Club: I … Continue reading
Waugh Letter for Sale
A 4 December 1959 letter from Evelyn Waugh to a reader in Columbus, Ohio is for sale. The letter is offered on the internet by Charles Agvent Rare Books and Autographs of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania. The letter is addressed to Jane … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Items for Sale, Letters
Tagged Charles Agvent Rare Books, Jane Callaway
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