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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
Tax Day Roundup
–Writing in The Tablet, former Anglican priest Chris Moody provides a remembrance of Septimus Waugh. He begins by recounting a visit, shortly before Septimus’s recent death, where Moody showed him the photo of his latest work as installed in an … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged 25yearslatersite.com, Commonwealth Essays and Studies, Daily Telegraph, Los Angeles Times, Pauline Melville, Septimus Waugh, The Tablet
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Amis (Pronounced “Ames”) Centenary
The Daily Telegraph has posted an article by Jake Kerridge marking the centenary of Kingsley Amis. This will occur later this month. The article is entitled “Why misogynist Kingsley Amis is too good to cancel” and opens with this: In … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Collections, Decline and Fall, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Jake Kerridge, Kingsley Amis, Penguin Books
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Avoidance of Class
Novelist Philip Hensher has posted an essay on the website UnHerd.com that discusses the disappearance of social class distinctions as a topic in contemporary novels. He begins by noting that his students show reluctance to use class as a character … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Philip Hensher, Social Class, UnHerd.com
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Early April Roundup
–In the Daily Telegraph, Rupert Christiansen has reviewed Daisy Dunn’s previously mentioned new book Not Far from Brideshead. The review is entitled “The Greats [sic] and the good at Oxford.” Here’s an excerpt: …Dunn writes with intelligence and verve, but … Continue reading
Spring Equinox Roundup
–The religious-philosophical website First Things has posted an article by George Weigel about conspiracy theories from within the Vatican hierarchy. This opens with an allusion to a seldom-mentioned Waugh character who has suddenly become relevant in the present international environment: … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, Newspapers, Scoop, Sword of Honour
Tagged First Things, Gresham College, New Yorker, Paula Byrne, Radio Spada, The Spectator
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“Not Far” Reviewed
The book Not Far from Brideshead, mentioned in an earlier post, has been reviewed by Laura Freeman in The Times. Here are some excerpts: …Not Far from Brideshead is a love letter to learning. In her preface, author Daisy Dunn … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Laura Freeman, Literary Review, The Times
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Middlemarch Roundup
–The Financial Times recently considered the revival of the sleeveless sweater–a/k/a tank top or V-neck: “As far as I know, the history of the tank top starts from the 1930s, where men would wear a V-neck slipover that was often … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, When the Going Was Good
Tagged Daily Mail, Financial Times, Public Discourse, Taki Theodoracopulos, The Spectator
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New Book on Interwar Oxford
Weidenfeld and Nicolson have announced the publication later this month of a new book about interwar Oxford. This is by Daisy Dunn and is entitled Not Far From Brideshead. Here’s the publisher’s description: Oxford thought it was at war. And … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Oxford
Tagged Daisy Dunn, Selina Hastings, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Partygate Roundup
–An article posted on the website The Conversation,com has attracted a lot of attention since it appeared last week. This is entitled “Partygate Revisited” and is written by Trinity College Dublin senior research scholar Orlaith Darling. She begins with a … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Events, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Jeffrey Meyers, New York Times, Spiked.com, The Article, The Critic, University of Nottingham
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