Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited

Jacob Rees-Mogg Brideshead Fan, Up to a Point

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The Daily Mail recently published a profile of Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg. He is a leading Euro-skeptic and has been called The Honourable Member for the 18th Century as well as a back bench Bertie Wooster. He might also be … Continue reading →

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Charles Ryder as Character Model

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Charles Ryder from Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited appears as a character model in two recent articles. In a Roman Catholic newsblog (Catholicphilly.com) he is compared to the hero of a recent Hollywood religious film called Risen, based on the origins of … Continue reading →

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Christopher Hitchens’ Last Words on Waugh

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The latest New English Review contains a review of the posthumous collection of Christopher Hitchens’ essays entitled, And yet… While there are no essays or reviews devoted to the subject of Evelyn Waugh, he does get a mention: …one of the … Continue reading →

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Waugh and the Country House Revival

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

A recent article in Spear’s magazine by its editor-in-chief and founder William Cash deals with several subjects, including the revival of the country house. The magazine is devoted to asset/investment management and the good life and has been described as … Continue reading →

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Former Easton Court Hotel Now Holiday Cottage Rental

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

One portion of the Easton Court Hotel, where Waugh wrote Brideshead Revisited in February-June 1944, is now on offer as a self-catering holiday cottage. This is described on the website Trip Advisor: A thatched 16th century Devon Longhouse, full of … Continue reading →

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Literary Guides Link Waugh and Madresfield

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Two guide books to houses with literary associations have linked Evelyn Waugh to Madresfield Court in Worcestershire. That was the home of the Lygon family and inspired certain features of Brideshead Castle and the Flyte family in Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. The … Continue reading →

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Waugh Novels Recommended on Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The editors of The American Scholar put together a list of books for Valentine’s Day reading. The idea was to “celebrate the whole history of love—even the ugly bits—with these 14 novels of romance gone awry.” Among those selected was … Continue reading →

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War, Peace and Brideshead

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

In yesterday’s Daily Telegraph, Harry Mount declares the recent BBC adaptation of War and Peace by Andrew Davies to be a failure. This is inevitable, he writes, when an attempt is made to compress a massive 19th Century novel, written originally in a foreign language, … Continue reading →

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Adapter of Brideshead Film Profiled in Independent

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Andrew Davies, probably the most prominent adapter of books into TV series is profiled in a recent issue of the Independent newspaper. This article is inspired by his latest script which adapted Tolstoy’s War and Peace into a 6-hour series on … Continue reading →

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Julia Flyte and the Quality of Mercy

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

An article on the Christian concept of mercy in the recent opinion pages of the Times of Malta opens with a quote from Waugh: In Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited – that great Catholic novel on life, death, the fall from … Continue reading →

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