Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited

Two Openings and a Debut

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A Waugh quote opens an article in the South China Morning Post about Djibouti: Not that long ago, Djibouti was known for little more than French legionnaires, atrocious heat and being at the other end of a railway line to … Continue reading →

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Waugh on Father’s Day

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

On the occasion of Father’s Day, in the San Diego Reader, a free distribution weekly newspaper, columnist Matthew Lickona has picked through his previous articles for those relating to fatherhood. This one from 1997 cites one of Waugh’s more neglected writings: …In … Continue reading →

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Brideshead is a Picnic, but not Always

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Field magazine has an article about the traditional British picnic and urges its revival. After describing literary picnics in The Wind and the Willows and Emma, the article decides there are two basic types: … it would be appalling … Continue reading →

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Waugh Conference at Gerald Brenan House in Malaga

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Gerald Brenan House in Malaga, Spain, has announced a one-day conference on Evelyn Waugh to take place a week from today on Friday 23 June. According to the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia, the conference will start with a showing of … Continue reading →

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Ryder, the Father Figure

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A literary weblog called BookerTalk has posted an article naming the 10 most loved or unloved fathers in literature. This is in observance of Father’s Day this weekend. One of those named in the unloved category is the father of Charles Ryder … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Revisited x 2

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A Roman Catholic magazine, the Homilitic and Pastoral Review (HPR), has published a feature length article entitled “ Sacraments in Brideshead Revisited”. The magazine is aimed at church professionals and specializes in articles on “doctrine, spiritual guidance, morality and authentic pastoral practice.” The … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Article Reprinted

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The politically conservative journal Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture has posted a 2015 article by Roman Catholic journalist Joseph Pearce. The article, entitled “Revisiting Brideshead“, provides a concise and coherent restatement of the religious underpinnings of Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. Particularly good, … Continue reading →

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Pinfold and the Paranormal

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Waugh Echoes in Kevin Kwan Trilogy

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Waugh Ear Trumpet to be Displayed in Glastonbury

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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