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Category Archives: Festivals
The Resurfacing of Robert Byron
Robert Byron has appeared at the Castle Howard Brideshead Festival–at least on Duncan McLaren’s website. In his latest posting, McLaren arranges that Nancy Mitford, a close friend of both Evelyn Waugh and Robert Byron, engages in an extended conversation with … Continue reading
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Tagged Duncan McLaren, Nancy Mitford, Robert Byron
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Upcoming Waugh Events
Two Waugh-related events have been announced for late next month. Unfortunately, they occur on the same day but do not necessarily conflict: –The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh Project in Leicester has announced a reading from a new play based … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Complete Works, Events, Festivals, Oxford, Theater
Tagged D.J.Taylor, Loughborough, Sophie Swithinbank
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Nancy Mitford Joins Waugh Pantheon
In his latest posting, Duncan McLaren has Nancy Mitford join Evelyn Waugh’s friends gathering for the imagined reunion at the upcoming Brideshead Festival at Castle Howard. See previous posts. In this entry, Mitford muses over her first two novels (Highland … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Festivals, Humo(u)r, Vile Bodies
Tagged Duncan McLaren, Nancy Mitford
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Groundhog Day Roundup
–Duncan McLaren adds a second entry in his new series of posts which involve the imagined visits of Waugh’s friends to this summer’s Brideshead Festival at Castle Howard. In this one, Dick Young (a fellow schoolmaster at Arnold House and … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh Studies, Festivals, Newspapers
Tagged 5 Hertford Street, D.J.Taylor, Daily Telegraph, Q News, Wall Street Journal
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Waugh’s Friends at Brideshead Festival
Duncan McLaren has started a new series of posts in which he describes memoirs of Waugh’s friends as they might occur during visits to Castle Howard for this summer’s Brideshead Festival. The first posting relates to Richard Plunket Greene and … Continue reading
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Tagged Duncan McLaren, Richard Plunket Greene
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Waugh and Celebrations, or not, as the Case May Be
–The Guardian in an editorial recently addressed various proposals to celebrate (or gloat over) Brexit. These range from suggestions of Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson that Big Ben be temporarily brought back into service to ring in their victory and Leave … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Newspapers, Photographs, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged Brexit, Bright Young People, Castle Howard, Daily Mail, Guardian, Vogue
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Castle Howard on Channel 4
The UK’s Channel 4 has rebroadcast the episode of Phil Spencer’s Stately Homes that covers the visit to Castle Howard. This was first broadcast as the second episode of the program’s first series on 16 August 2016. Spencer makes only … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Television Programs
Tagged Castle Howard, Channel 4, Phil Spencer
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Brideshead 75th Anniversary Festival Announced
Castle Howard has announced the dates of its festival next summer to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the publication of Brideshead Revisited. This will be held at the Castle Howard estate in North Yorkshire from 26-28 June. Here is the … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Festivals
Tagged Castle Howard
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