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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
Pinfold and the Paranormal
A blogger posting as Truthspoon.com has made a detailed analysis of Evelyn Waugh’s novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold and compared the hallucinations described there with those reported by victims of alleged invasive electronic surveillance. According to the blogpost, Waugh’s novel: …gives a … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Radio Programs, Television Programs, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Uncategorized
Tagged Diary of an Autodidact, John Metcalf, Truthspoon.com, Walrus.ca
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Waugh Echoes in Kevin Kwan Trilogy
Singapore-born novelist Kevin Kwan has just completed a trilogy of comic novels which began with Crazy Rich Asians in 2013. According to the Seattle Times, the trilogy is set among three intergenerational and ultrarich Chinese families and peppered with hilarious … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Crazy Rich People Trilogy, Daily O, Kevin Kwan, Seattle Times, The Metro, Toronto Star, Victoria "Plum" Sykes
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Waugh Ear Trumpet to be Displayed in Glastonbury
BBC Radio Somerset has interviewed the director of the South West Heritage Trust which recently acquired one of Evelyn Waugh’s ear trumpets. This is Tom Mayberry who is interviewed by Radio Somerset’s Charlie Taylor. Mayberry explains that the ear trumpet is intended to … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Interviews, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio Somerset, Church of St Edward the Confessor Kempley, ear trumpet, Hereford Times, Lygon family, Somerset Rural Life Museum, South West Heritage Trust, Tom Mayberry
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Circe Institute Podcast re Brideshead Revisited
The Circe Institute which is dedicated to the fostering of classical education is sponsoring an ongoing podcast relating to Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. The participants are David Kern, Tim MacIntosh and Angelina Stanford. The first episode dated 23 May … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Evelyn Waugh
Tagged Circe Institute, podcast
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General Election, Water Voles, and Nothing
A local news website in Kent has introduced Evelyn Waugh as an issue in the ongoing UK General Election. Kent Online has compiled a list of candidates for the seat in the Folkestone and Hythe constituency, with a thumbnail sketch provided … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Letters, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged General Election, Hanif Kureishi, Henry Green, Kent Online, Private Eye, The Times, water voles
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Decline and Fall in the National Review
Kyle Smith, drama critic of the National Review, has written a favorable review of the recent TV adaptation of Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall. This is now running on what Smith describes as “the superb streaming service Acorn TV, which … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, Kyle Smith, National Review
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Donald Trump, Pope Francis and Rex Mottram in Vanity Fair
Paul Elie, “pontificating” (his pun) in Vanity Fair magazine, writes of the possible results of this week’s meeting between Donald Trump and Pope Francis. He begins by comparing their respective elections: How strange is this: a group of 115 unelected celibate men … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Evelyn Waugh, Items for Sale, Newspapers
Tagged Donald Trump, Mr Porter, Paul Elie, Pope Francis, Vanity Fair
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Christ Church Dust-up Brings Waugh Cites in Press
A recent incident at Christ Church, an Oxford college, has been widely reported in the British press. This involved a student, Lavinia Woodward, who was studying to be a surgeon. In a reportedly drug-induced rage, she stabbed her boyfriend (whom … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Christ Church, Daily Mail, Guardian, Lavinia Woodward, Peter Hitchins, Simon Jenkins, Tom Winnifrith
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Lucy, Paula, Jane and Evelyn
Columnist Jennifer Selway in her Daily Express entertainment gossip column brings Evelyn Waugh into a literary scholarship cat fight between Waugh biographer Paula Byrne, PhD (Liverpool), and BBC historical TV presenter Lucy Worsley, DPhil (Sussex), both of whom have also written … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Humo(u)r, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Express, Jane Austen, Jennifer Selway, Lucy Worsley, Paula Byrne, plagiarism, Private Eye
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Joseph Epstein Reviews Waugh
Veteran US essayist, short-story writer and former editor of The American Scholar, Joseph Epstein, has written a review of Philip Eade’s biography of Evelyn Waugh. This appears in the latest issue of the Claremont Review of Books and is as … Continue reading
Posted in Alexander Waugh, Biographies, Black Mischief, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Claremont Review of Books, Isaiah Berlin, Joseph Epstein
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