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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
Modernism’s Centenary Marked: Essay and Lecture
There have been several stories in the papers recently about the major events in the history of modern literature that occurred in 1922. A recent article by John Self in The Critic magazine does an excellent job of bringing them … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, A Little Learning, Academia, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Lectures, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, John Self, Modernism, T S Eliot Society, The Critic, The Waste Land, University of Leicester
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Roundup: End it with a Waugh
–An opinion article in The Times by Matthew Parris considers the actions that will be taken on the part of Tory politicians seeking to replace Boris Johnson as their leader. Their different political placements call for different tactics. But the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Sword of Honour
Tagged Irish Times, New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Imaginative Conservative, The Spctator, The Times
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75th Anniversary of Waugh’s Trip to Hollywood
On 31 January 1947, Evelyn Waugh and his wife Laura arrived in New York on board the SS America. They were enroute to Los Angeles in a trip arranged by Waugh’s agent A D Peters. This was planned to facilitate … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, The Loved One
Tagged MGM, Robert Murray Davis
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New Dutch Edition of Brideshead
A new Dutch edition of Brideshead Revisited will be published next week. The Dutch title is Terugkeer naar Brideshead (literally “Return to Brideshead”) and will be published by Prometheus in Amsterdam. This is the 10th edition of a Dutch version. … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged De Standaard, translations
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Midwinter Roundup
–Charles Moore writing in his miscellany column for The Spectator marks the upcoming 70th anniversary of the death of George VI: King George VI died in his sleep 70 years ago next week, after a day at Sandringham shooting hares … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Letters, Newspapers, Robbery Under Law, Vile Bodies
Tagged Guardian, Radio Spada, The Data Lounge, The Spectator, UT Permian Basin
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Roundup: Parties, T-shirts and Statues
–The Financial Times has an article by Rosa Lyster on “What makes a great fictional party.” This is inspired by the party drought that was only broken only a few months ago: …As well as people, music and a reason … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Television
Tagged Bodleian Library, British Library, Financial Times, T-shirts, Variety
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The Times Revisits Castle Howard
Today’s issue of The Times carries an article by Andrew Billen (“Stately homes to spare? TV stardom beckons”) recommending country houses to visit, once they are reopened to the public, based on their setting for TV series and films. This … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Andrew Billen, Castle Howard, Christopher Ridgway, Peter Fawcett, The Times newspaper
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New Year’s Roundup
–In a semi-final round of the University Challenge Christmas edition on BBC4, broadcast 29 December 2021, a three-part bonus question was based on the writings of Selina Hastings. The question (at 11:02 minutes) was to identify the subjects of three … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Interviews, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Independent, Life Magazine, New York Times, University Challenge, Vogue
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Boxing Day Roundup
–Penguin have announced the issuance of a new edition of Waugh’s first book Rossetti: His Life and Work. This will be in the Penguin Modern Classics series and will be issued in the UK in April 2022. It will be … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Rossetti: His Life and Works, Scott-King's Modern Europe, Vile Bodies
Tagged b/o/i, Books & Boots, Catholic Herald, Los Angeles Review of Books, Penguin Books
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Roundup: Flaubert’s Birth and Hitchens’ Death
–Novelist Julian Barnes has written a rambling retrospective of Flaubert’s career covering all of his books and many of his own and Flaubert’s obsessions. This is on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Flaubert’s birth and is published in … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Anniversaries, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Television
Tagged Christopher Hitchens, CrimeReads.com, Daily Telegraph, London Review of Books, Ross Douthat, Town & Country
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