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Category Archives: Fiction
NYPL Picks Famous Literary Breakup Lines
The New York Public Library asked its staff to suggest famous breakup lines from literary sources. This is on the occasion of the anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize awarded to Gone with the Wind where Rhett Butler left Scarlett O’Hara on her doorstep … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Humo(u)r, Vile Bodies
Tagged Epic Breakups, Gone with the Wind, New York Public Library
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Handful Profiled in Indian Press
Today’s English-language edition of Mid-Day, a daily Mumbai compact newspaper, features an article that profiles Waugh’s 1934 novel A Handful of Dust and compares it to the social mores of the present day. This is by Aditya Sinha in his column … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Articles, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged Aditya Sinha, Mid-Day
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Waugh on Queueing
In today’s Canberra Times there is an article about the prospect faced by Canberrans of the need to queue for tickets to popular events such as hockey matches. This is apparently an unusual feature of life in Canberra, a city that is … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Canberra Times, Ian Warden, queueing
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Lisa Hilton Video re Brideshead
Novelist and biographer Lisa Hilton has posted a one-minute video in the Why I Love This Book series explaining why Waugh’s 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited is her favorite novel. She is most impressed by the quality of the writing which managed, … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Uncategorized
Tagged Lisa Hilton, YouTube
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Brideshead Reviewed (Yet More)
The Daily Mail has posted a brief but largely positive review of the Brideshead Revisited stage adaptation that opened last week in York. The review is by Patrick Marmion who, after praising the production and performances (“serious, witty and elegant”), concludes: … it was … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Articles, Brideshead Revisited, Interviews, Radio Programs, Theater
Tagged A Younger Theatre, BBC Radio 4, Bryony Lavery, Daily Mail, Patrick Marmion, Samira Ahmed, York Theatre Royal, YorkMix
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Brideshead Reviewed (More)
Several more reviews have been posted of the stage production of Brideshead Revisted. In the York Press, Charles Hutchinson finds much to like in the new theatre, the settings and the performances but also concludes that as Bryony Lavery’s two … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Theater
Tagged British Theatre Guide, Kirkbymoorside Town Blog, The Times, What's On Stage, York Press
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Labels Reassessed
A multicultural, award-winning internet portal called Qantara.de has posted a new review (or reassessment) of Waugh’s 1930 travel book Labels: A Mediterranean Journey. This site is sponsored by several German cultural and political institutions, including the Goethe Institut and Deutsche … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Edmund Campion, Labels, Officers and Gentlemen
Tagged Qantara, Sherif Abdel Samad
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Black Mischief in Sri Lanka
In this week’s “Midweek Review” column in the daily Sri Lankan English-language newspaper The Island, columnist Dr. Kamal Wickremasinghe compares what he describes as the neocolonialist policies of the current government of Sri Lanka with the comic plot of Waugh’s … Continue reading
Brideshead Reviewed
The stage production of Brideshead Revisited that opened last week at York’s Theatre Royal has been reviewed in several media. The reviewers like the settings and production but largely express disappointment with the script and direction. Claire Allfree in today’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Theater
Tagged Claire Allfree, Daily Telegraph, Man on a Ledge, Natasha Tripney, Sarah Freeman, The Stage, Theater reviews, York Post
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