Category Archives: Fiction

Lisa Hilton Video re Brideshead

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Brideshead Reviewed (Yet More)

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Brideshead Reviewed (More)

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Labels Reassessed

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Black Mischief in Sri Lanka

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Brideshead Reviewed

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Brideshead People in Telegraph

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Today’s Daily Telegraph contains a discussion (not quite a review) of the theatrical version of Brideshead Revisited that opened last week in York. This is in an article by Rupert Christiansen entitled: “What became of the real people who inspired … Continue reading →

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“BBC Future” Cites Waugh on Class Structure

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

On a recently established web site called BBC Future, one of their staff writers, David Robson, earlier this month posted an essay entitled “How much does social class matter in Britain today.” He concludes that it does still matter but to … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Cast and Crew Interviews Posted on YouTube

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

The English Touring Theatre has posted on YouTube snippets  from interviews of the cast and crew of the Brideshead Revisited stage adaptation. The play, scripted by Bryony Lavery, opened last night at the York Theatre Royal. Reviews are eagerly awaited.

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Waughs in Magazines

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Jeffrey Manley

Two recent magazine articles are devoted to Waughs. The current issue of the Tablet contains an article entitled “Scoop revisited.” This is by critic and novelist D.J. Taylor and relates to the 1960 BBC Face-to-Face TV interview that was recently rebroadcast on the … Continue reading →

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