Category Archives: Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Among Forerunners of Gay Lit Opening

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

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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Waugh Novel Recommended in Gift List

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

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

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

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

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

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

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

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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Carly Simon, Brideshead Fan

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

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

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

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

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

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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Guardian Names Waugh Meal as One of Most Memorable

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

The Guardian has today (Waugh’s birthday) included a meal from one of his short stories as one of the 10 most memorable meals in literature. This is the feast ordered in Paris by the White Russian veteran of Kolchak’s legions who had … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Mr. Toad

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Jeffrey Manley

Novelist Andrew Martin has written a column in the Financial Times in which he confesses to enjoy reading fiction about the very rich. His favorite hero is Mr. Toad not because he was, as he characterised himself, “handsome” and “clever”, but … Continue reading →

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