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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
Midsummer Roundup
—The Article has a detailed review of the recent CWEW edition of A Handful of Dust. This is by literary biographer and critic Jeffrey Meyers who has written several articles about Waugh in the last few years. Meyers opens his … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Collections, Complete Works, Helena, Sword of Honour
Tagged Academic Accelerator, Catholic World Report, Jeffrey Meyers, Lit Hub, The Article
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LRB Posts Waugh Article
The London Review of Books has posted a feature length article by Seamus Perry relating to several of Waugh’s books. This is entitled “Isn’t London Hell?” The article ostensibly reviews 5 of the 6 Waugh novels published late last year … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged London Review of Books, Penguin Books, Seamus Perry
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Roundup: Late Stories, Stately Festivals and a Rare (but Misspelled) Burgundy
–This week’s TLS has a review of Inez Holden’s late stories recently published in a collection issued by the Anthony Powell Society. Here’s an excerpt from the review by Lindsay Duguid: …The stories share an elusive quality, with only the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Collections, Decline and Fall, Festivals, Newspapers
Tagged Clos de Bèze, DBC Pierre, Guardian, Inez Holden, The Oldie, The Spectator, The Times, TLS
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Mid-July Roundup
–Novelist, critic and literary biographer DJ Taylor in this month’s Literary Review writes about literary biographies. His own most recent efforts in this field are a revision and expansion of his biography of George Orwell originally published in 2003 and … Continue reading
Posted in Auctions, Biographies, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, First Editions, The Loved One
Tagged Charlie Watts, Literary Review, Movieweb, OurSundayVisitor, The Spectator
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4th of July Roundup
–The website LitHub.com has a story about a proposal by the former royal couple Harry and Meghan to Netflix for what sounds like a prequel to Great Expectations. Should that fail to be commissioned, the LitHub reporter Janet Manley has … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Auctions, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Portraits, Vile Bodies
Tagged Country Life, LitHub.com, Nigeness.com, Tennants, The Comic Muse
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Summer Solstice Roundup
–In a recent issue of The Sunday Times, Matthew Syed discussed the legacy of Boris Johnson. This excerpt appears near the beginning: We always knew Johnson was a skilled deceiver and dissimulator. In his book Chums, Simon Kuper tells of … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged London Review of Books, Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Jewish Chronicle
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Early June Roundup
–The New Statesman reports the confused results of the controversial Oxford Union appearance of Prof. Kathleen Stock, described as a “gender-critical feminist philosopher”. After the Union invited her to speak, a protest arose against her appearance as being unfair to … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Chronicles, Daily Telegraph, Holland Festival, New Statesman
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Martin Amis R. I. P. (1949-2023)
Novelist and critic Martin Amis has died at the age of 73. Dwight Garner, a book critic of the New York Times, opens that paper’s obituary with this: Martin Amis, whose caustic, erudite and bleakly comic novels redefined British fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Obituaries
Tagged Martin Amis, New York Times, The Herald (Glasgow), The Times newspaper, UnHerd.com
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Roundup (Exhibits and a Lecture)
–The Historical Association (Richmond & Twickenham Branch) has announced a lecture later this year that may be of interest to our London area readers: Takes Place: 28th September 2023 Time: 8pm Venue: Richmond Library Annexe, Quadrant St, Richmond TW9 Description: a fascinating … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Events, Newspapers, Scott-King's Modern Europe, The Loved One, Vile Bodies
Tagged Forest Lawn Museum, Historical Association, The Herald (Glasgow), The Independent, The Press (NZ)
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Mother’s Day (US) Roundup
—The Oldie has posted an article by Mark McGinness to mark the 75th anniversary of the death of Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy on 13 March 1948. In this, he tells the story of her meeting and engagement with Billy Cavendish, Marquess … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Hampstead, Letters, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Antiques Trade Gazette, Kathleen Kennedy, The Globe and Mail, The Oldie, The Spectator
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