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Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited
Nicholas Lezard’s Waugh Moment
In his column in this week’s New Statesman, journalist and critic Nicholas Lezard experiences a Waugh moment worthy of note. While looking for excuses to delay preparations for a trip to the U.S., he is introduced to his daughter’s new boyfriend. … Continue reading
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Waugh Venue to be Converted into Houses
The Easton Court Hotel where Waugh wrote several books, including most of Brideshead Revisited, is being turned into two private houses according to the Western Morning News. The owners tried unsuccessfully to sell it as a hotel for 1 1/2 years … Continue reading
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Brideshead Among Forerunners of Gay Lit Opening
In today’s Independent, Boyd Tonkin identifies Patricia Highsmith’s novel on which the new film Carol is based as an early example of ground-breaking gay literature. The Lesbian romance was originally published in 1952 as The Price of Salt but under a pseudonym … Continue reading
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Tagged Boyd Tonkin, Independent newspaper, Patricia Highsmith
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Waugh Novel Recommended in Gift List
A Waugh novel has been selected for a list of potential gifts to be given to “conservative gentlemen.” The list appears on the weblog The Imaginative Conservative. The criteria for inclusion provide that the gift must be “quality if not…costly” (avoiding ties, … Continue reading
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Waugh Named Author of the Week
A Durham University based weblog (The Bubble) has named Waugh its “Author of the Week.” Here’s an excerpt from their supporting statement: Waugh’s education in Oxford fostered a deep love of country house society which influenced many of his novels, the … Continue reading
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Unfaithful Wives in the Guardian
Novelist Piers Paul Read has compiled a list of the Top 10 Novels About Unfaithful Wives earlier this week in the Guardian. Among those named are Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina. It seemed odd that there was nothing by … Continue reading
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Waugh on Writing x 3
Waugh scores a hat trick in today’s press with three stories citing him on the art of writing. In the Daily Express, Waugh appears in a review of the BBC’s ongoing series based on John Lanchester’s 2012 novel Capital. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Express, Daily Telegraph, Harvard Crimson
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Carly Simon, Brideshead Fan
The Daily Mail has published a review of the memoirs of singer-songwriter Carly Simon, Boys in the Trees. The article, by Tom Leonard, mentions how her life was affected by the 1980s Granada TV adaptation of Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited: … Continue reading
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Dominic Sandbrook Revisits Brideshead
The BBC is currently running a series on the history of British post-war popular culture. It is presented by historian and writer, Dominic Sandbrook, and entitled Let Us Entertain You. The second episode (“In With the Old”) was devoted to the … Continue reading
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Stage Adaptation of Brideshead to Premiere Next Spring
The York Theatre Royal has announced the premiere of an adaptation of Brideshead Revisited next April following a 4.1 million pound redevelopment of its facilities. The script is by Wakefield playwright Bryony Lavery and the production will be directed by … Continue reading
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