Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited

Other Waughs

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

British mystery writer Christopher Fowler has posted a brief article on his internet site entitled “Waugh Stories” in which he considers the literary careers of Waughs other than Evelyn. He begins with Evelyn’s older brother Alec: …He’s been described as … Continue reading →

Posted in A Handful of Dust, Alec Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Waugh Family | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Other Waughs

Blanche, Hat, Malpractice and Seal

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Author Elisa Rolle, who chronicles the lives and travels of notable members of the LGBT community, has posted some of her reviews and ramblings relating to Brian Howard, Waugh’s contemporary from Oxford days. These miscellaneous excerpts apear to have been first published … Continue reading →

Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Letters, Put Out More Flags, Vile Bodies | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Blanche, Hat, Malpractice and Seal

Graham Greene and Helena

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Peter Harrington Books has posted a long list of Waugh rare and first editions which includes several items of interest. A “featured” item is an uncorrected proof of Brideshead Revisited (estimate £15,000). This is not one of the 50 presentation copies, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Auctions, Autographs, Bibliophilia, Brideshead Revisited, First Editions, Helena, Letters, Officers and Gentlemen, Scoop | Tagged , | Comments Off on Graham Greene and Helena

Charles Ryder’s Outside-the-Book Experiences

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Two postings make use of Charles Ryder’s experiences from Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited in contexts outside the structure of the novel. On a Roman Catholic weblog (Aleteia), Br. Silas Henderson is reminded, on the Feast Day of the Epiphany (6th January), of Charles’ experience … Continue reading →

Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Charles Ryder’s Outside-the-Book Experiences

Brideshead in the News: Charles, Sebastian and Celia

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Jeremy Irons who portrayed Charles Ryder in the 1981 TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited was recently appointed Chancellor of Bath Spa University. He is the first person to occupy that position and was interviewed by Times Higher Education (THE) last month: … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Film, Lancing, Oxford, Television | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Brideshead in the News: Charles, Sebastian and Celia

Powell Society Visits Waugh’s Oxford

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest issue of the Anthony Powell Society Newsletter (No. 65, Winter 2016) is largely devoted to reports of a visit to Oxford made by its members last September. The theme was “Oxford Day Out: AP and His Chums,” and inevitably … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh Society, Oxford | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Powell Society Visits Waugh’s Oxford

Waugh in the Public Domain (More)

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

The Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University Law School has posted a more detailed analysis of how the entry of Waugh’s works into the public domain will affect those countries such as Canada where that occurred yesterday. See earlier … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Rossetti: His Life and Works | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Waugh in the Public Domain (More)

El Mundo Writes of Sybille Bedford’s Debt to Waugh

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A Spanish-language article in the daily newspaper El Mundo published in Madrid relates the story of author Sybille Bedford’s struggle to start her writing career.  This did not begin until she was in her 40s. She was born in Germany into a half Jewish … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Letters, Newspapers | Tagged , , | Comments Off on El Mundo Writes of Sybille Bedford’s Debt to Waugh

Floreat Brideshead

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Brideshead Revisited receives attention in several recent postings. The New Statesman carries a brief article in its “TV and Radio” column in which a viewer retrospectively considers the 1981 TV adaptation: Watching it now, at the terrifying age of 53, … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptations, Auctions, Brideshead Revisited, Edmund Campion, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, Television | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Floreat Brideshead

Waugh for the Holidays

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

As the holidays approach, the media are gathering their year end collections of journalistic musings on 2016. Several of these implicate Evelyn Waugh or his writings. In the Daily Express, comedian Ruby Wax names a Waugh novel as one of her … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Newspapers, Scoop, The Loved One | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Waugh for the Holidays