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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
A Tale of Two Venues: Chagford and Beckley
Two of Waugh’s favorite writing venues have recently been in the news. An article on the Easton Court Hotel in Chagford, South Devon, was recently posted on the website jot101.com. This begins with a description of the facilities in wartime … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford, Vile Bodies
Tagged Abingdon Arms, Easton Court Hotel, jot101.com, Oxford Mail
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Updates: Brideshead Tonite
The Daily Telegraph offers this rather downbeat description in its TV schedules of the 2008 Brideshead Revisited film adaptation: In the light of the 1981 TV version of Evelyn Waugh’s novel, you do have to admire the chutzpah of anyone else giving … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, El Pais, The Oldie
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Philip Roth (1933-2018)
The death was announced earlier this week of the American novelist Philip Roth. Like Tom Wolfe, who died the preceding week, much of his early work was written in the comic, satirical tradition of Evelyn Waugh. So far, however, no … Continue reading
Brideshead at the Mille Miglia
Columnist and humorist writing as Don Alphonso reports in the weblog of the German paper Der Welt about his visit to this year’s Mille Miglia Storica event in Italy. This is an annual vintage car rally based on an auto … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Events, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged Der Welt, Don Alphonso, Mille Miglia, Rainer Meyer, vintage car rallies
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Waugh, Rex Whistler and the English Martyrs
Peter Hitchens has written an essay entitled “Latimer and Ridley Are Forgotten: A Protestant Understanding of England’s Martyrs.” This appears in the current issue of First Things, a nonsectarian religious journal. He argues that Roman Catholics have more effectively promoted … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged Brompton Oratory, English Martyrs, First Things, Peter Hitchens, Rex Whistler
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Duncan McLaren in Grahamland
Duncan McLaren has added a new essay to his website. This is entitled “Evelyn Concluded or Ask Alastair” and is devoted exclusively to Alastair Graham and his on and off relationship with Evelyn Waugh in the 1920s and a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Wales
Tagged Alasatir Graham, Duncan McLaren
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Patrick Leigh Fermor Enters the Canon
Dominic Green, writing in the Weekly Standard, discusses the career of Patrick Leigh Fermor. The article prominently features serveral points of contact with Evelyn Waugh, not least their service in WWII Crete (Waugh’s in retreat, Leigh Fermor’s in heroism) and … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, World War II
Tagged christopher Buckley, Dominic Green, Partick Leigh Fermor Society, Powells Books Blog, Weekly Standard
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Brideshead Published in Croatian
Brideshead Revisited has been published in a Croatian translation. This is entitled Povratak u Brideshead and is issued by Mozaik Books. The book is translated by Petra Mrduljaš, and the editor is Zoran Maljković. According to the publisher, this is … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, The Loved One, World War II
Tagged Croatia, Petra Mrduljaš, translations, Večernji List
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