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Category Archives: Festivals
Apthorpe and Widmerpool
In Duncan McLaren’s latest posting, Anthony Powell joins the host of other writer friends of Evelyn Waugh who are either posthumously present or talked about at the recently postponed Castle Howard conference. In this case, Powell and several of his … Continue reading
Posted in Festivals, Men at Arms
Tagged Anthony Powell, Duncan McLaren
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Peter Quennell: Reviewer and Rival
Two recent articles by Duncan McLaren have been devoted to Peter Quennell. Waugh had developed a particular dislike of Quennell (similar to that he had of other literary critics such as Alan Pryce-Jones and Edmund Wilson). The acquaintanceship between Waugh … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Festivals, Newspapers, Rossetti: His Life and Works
Tagged Daily Mail, Duncan McLaren
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Brideshead @ 75: Castle Howard, The Spectator, BBC
Today is the 75th anniversary of the first book publication of Brideshead Revisited. Chapman & Hall and the Book Society jointly issued the book in London on 28 May 1945. The occasion has been marked in several recent events: –Castle … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Alexander Waugh, Anniversaries, Brideshead Revisited, Events, Festivals, Film, Interviews, Radio Programs, Television
Tagged BBC Radio Scotland, Castle Howard, Chris Ridgway, Jenny Niven, Philip Hensher, The Evening Standard, The Spectator
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Ambrose Silk + Anthony Blanche = Brian Howard
Duncan McLaren has posted another of his profiles of Waugh’s friends as they foregather at Castle Howard in anticipation of a literary festival. The recent postponement of that event may require some adjustment in the arrival of future participants, but … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Festivals, Humo(u)r, Put Out More Flags
Tagged Brian Howard, Duncan McLaren
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Brideshead Festival Postponed
The organizers of the Brideshead Festival scheduled for this summer at Castle Howard have announced its postponement. Here is a copy of their press release: “In the interest of the health and the well-being of our participants, visitors, employees and … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Festivals
Tagged Brideshead Festival, Castle Howard
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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
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Festivals
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
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Festivals
Tagged Duncan McLaren, Richard Plunket Greene
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