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Category Archives: Fiction
Norman Douglas: Forgotten Author?
An article about writer Norman Douglas (noted pedophile) has been inspired by the flurry of activity stirred up by a recent HBO documentary about the posthumous reputation of the singer Michael Jackson. This is by the author of a forthcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Labels, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged Norman Douglas, Rachel Hope Cleves, San Francisco Chronicle, South Wind, The Spectator
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A Visit to the Disneyland of Death
An essay is posted on the website Hazlitt.net describing the visit of writer Larissa Diakiv to Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA. The website is described as “a home for writers and artists to tell the best stories about … Continue reading
Posted in The Loved One
Tagged Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hazlitt.net, Larissa Diakiv
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Roundup: Laura Waugh’s Lent
–In the Guardian, William Keegan compares the Brexit chaos to Waugh’s Decline and Fall: In order to switch off from Brexit in the evenings, your correspondent has taken to re-reading his favourite novels. Yet there is no escape! At the … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Scoop, Waugh Family
Tagged Alma Guillermoprieto, Brexit, Columbia Journalism Review, Daily Mail, Dave Wood, Guardian, Laura Waugh, The Oldie
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New French Edition of POMF Reviewed
The Paris newspaper Liberation has published a detailed review of the new French edition of Put Out Out More Flags (Hissez le grand pavois; literally “Hoist the great bulwark”). This is by Philippe Garnier who begins by explaining that the … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, World War II
Tagged Liberation, Philippe Garnier
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Charles Ryder’s Van Gogh
Laura Freeman writing in The Times previews an upcoming exhibit at the Tate Britain. This is Van Gogh in Britain and relates to that artist’s residence in England between 1873-1876. He was not yet an artist at that time (this had … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Events, London, Newspapers
Tagged Laura Freeman, Tate Britain, The Times, Vincent Van Gogh
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Early March Roundup
–Laura Freeman writing in the Daily Telegraph (27 February) surveys children’s books and discovers that one of her favorites has been rated as having a “really high difficulty level.” This is Roger Hargreaves’ Mr Men series and she sees the … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Decline and Fall, Diaries, Newspapers
Tagged Alan Massie, Daily Telegraph, Eastern Eye, Gay Star News, Laura Freeman, Literary Hub, Oxford Times, Roger Hargreaves, The Scotsman
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Evelyn Waugh, Walter Gropius and Prof Otto Silenus
Fiona MacCarthy, biographer and art historian, has written a biography of architect Walter Gropius. At least two reviewers have noted his contribution to the character of Prof Otto Silenus in Waugh’s debut novel Decline and Fall. Novelist Philip Hensher, writing … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Biographies, Decline and Fall, Newspapers
Tagged Bauhaus, Fiona MacCarthy, Guardian, John Carey, Philip Hensher, Spectator, The Sunday Times, Walter Gropius
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Brideshead Theme in Syfy TV Series
The internet newspaper Vox.com has posted an article about a long-running TV series on the Syfy Channel. This is based on the fantasy novels of Lev Grossman called The Magicians Trilogy and is now in its fourth season on Syfy. … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Lancashire Telegraph, Lev Grossman, Lytham Hall, Syfy Channel, The Magicians Trilogy, Vox.com
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Compton Mackenzie Reconsidered
In the wake of the recent New Statesman essay seeking to revive an interest in JB Priestley, the latest New Criterion has published one seeking to create a renewed interest in another neglected novelist of the same period. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Compton Mackenzie, David Platzer, New Criterion, Sinister Street
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Roundup
–Two posts independently made the same point earlier this week relating to Jewish-American writer Chaim Potok. Potok wrote mostly of the Orthodox Hassidic Jewish community. The first notice appeared on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac: When he was about 14 years … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags
Tagged BBC History Magazine, Chaim Potok, Country Houses, Henry VI, Irish Times, Max Hastings, The Times
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