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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
Waugh Quoted in Bruising Battle of Cardinals
A story in Catholic World Review by Edward Peters, described elsewhere as a Canon Law expert, opens with a quote from Brideshead Revisited to describe a doctrinal dispute between two Vatican officials: Evelyn Waugh’s character Charles Ryder described his friend … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Catholic World Report
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News Bomb
As the concern over fake news spreads, an online newspaper in Chile has joined others in recommending Waugh’s Scoop. See earlier posts. This appears in a column “VerComeryLeer [SeeEatRead]” by Miguel Ortiz in the digital journal El Definido: We are being … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged El Definido, Fake News, Noticia Bomba
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Waugh in the News
Several papers have alluded to Evelyn Waugh or his works in recent stories: The Irish Times has an article in its “London Letter” column inspired by an interview with David Hockney in which the artist expressed his acquiescence in if not outrught support … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Film, Newspapers, Vile Bodies
Tagged Bild, Brexit, Daily Telegraph, Gay Times, Guardian, Irish Times
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Hat Trick for Waugh in The Spectator
This week’s Spectator features three articles mentioning Evelyn Waugh. The first is in a memorial for Tara Palmer-Tomkinson who died this week at the age of 45. The magazine reprints an article she wrote which appeared in the 27 July … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies
Tagged Cosmo Landesman, Independent (Ireland), Kirsty Blake Knox, Ludovic Kennedy, Nicholas Shakespeare, Tara Parker-Tomkinson, The Spectator
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Waugh in the Ratings
Several sites and publications have recently issued rankings on Waugh and his works. The interactive internet site Ranker is running a survey for the best Roman Catholic writer. Currently Waugh is #12 preceded by Allen Tate and followed by Graham Greene. … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, When the Going Was Good
Tagged British Council, Gentlemen's Journal, National Great Books Curriculum, Nicholas Shakespeare, Ranker, Waugh Abroad, WorldCat
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Part 2 of BBC Arena Trilogy Posted
Part 2 of the BBC Arena’s Waugh Trilogy has been posted on YouTube. This is entitled “From Mayfair to the Jungle” and covers the 1930s continuing through the war to Brideshead Revisited. Those interviewed include William Deedes, Dorothy Lygon, John … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Documentaries, Interviews, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged BBC Arena, Waugh Trilogy Part 2, YouTube
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Walmer Castle and the Lygons
An article is posted on the website of Historic England (formerly known as English Heritage) about the Lygon family’s association with Walmer Castle in Kent. The article is part of the website’s promotion of sites in the care of Historic England that have LGBTQ … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Historic England, Lord Beauchamp, Lygon family, Walmer Castle
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Waugh Sites
Several newspapers have recently recommended visits to sites in England that have been associated with Evelyn Waugh. The Daily Telegraph in its Property column has a fairly detailed description of Renishaw Hall. Although still owned and occupied by the Sitwell … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Decline and Fall, Labels, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Castle Howard, Daily Telegraph, Irish Examiner, Madresfield Court, Renishaw Hall, SomersetLive.com
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Rolle’s Ramblings (More)
Elisa Rolle, chronicler of the LGBT community in a series of books describing their lives and locations, has posted from her books another entry mentioning Evelyn Waugh. See earlier post. This is from Queer Places, v 2 (2016) and describes the … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, London
Tagged A.L. Rowse, Canonbury Square, Elisa Rolle, Hugh Lygon, LGBT Community
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Brideshead and Silence
Japanese author Shusaku Endo, a Roman Catholic, wrote a novel entitled Silence (1966) that has recently been adapted into a film by Martin Scorsese. The book seems generally to be considered Endo’s masterpiece. The story is about Jesuit missionaries sent out in the 16th century … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Film, Newspapers
Tagged Graham Greene, Martin Scorsese, Shusaku Endo, Silence, The Christian Review, The Power and the Glory, The Tablet
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