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Category Archives: Locations
Waugh Ear Trumpet to be Displayed in Glastonbury
BBC Radio Somerset has interviewed the director of the South West Heritage Trust which recently acquired one of Evelyn Waugh’s ear trumpets. This is Tom Mayberry who is interviewed by Radio Somerset’s Charlie Taylor. Mayberry explains that the ear trumpet is intended to … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Combe Florey, Interviews, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio Somerset, Church of St Edward the Confessor Kempley, ear trumpet, Hereford Times, Lygon family, Somerset Rural Life Museum, South West Heritage Trust, Tom Mayberry
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Christ Church Dust-up Brings Waugh Cites in Press
A recent incident at Christ Church, an Oxford college, has been widely reported in the British press. This involved a student, Lavinia Woodward, who was studying to be a surgeon. In a reportedly drug-induced rage, she stabbed her boyfriend (whom … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Christ Church, Daily Mail, Guardian, Lavinia Woodward, Peter Hitchins, Simon Jenkins, Tom Winnifrith
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Maggs Bros to Mount Waugh Artwork Exhibit
Maggs Bros Ltd, a London bookselling institution since 1853, will move into new quarters in Bloomsbury later this month. After many years in Berkeley Square, they will now be quartered at 48 Bedford Square from 25 May. According to an … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Events, London
Tagged Maggs Bros booksellers, Waugh artwork exhibit
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Promotion Begins for US Broadcast of Decline and Fall
Several internet sites that track TV streaming services have noted Acorn TV’s offering of the BBC adaptation of Decline and Fall. This will begin on May 15. The most interesting is a review on the website TV Equals by P … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Catholicism, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford, Television
Tagged Acorn TV, American Spectator, Guardian, TV Equals
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Cousin Jasper’s Advice
Rosamund Urwin in the Evening Standard has written an article about degree results. She opens with this: In Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, the protagonist Charles Ryder receives advice from his cousin Jasper before starting his Oxford degree. “You want a … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Biographies, Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop
Tagged Diana Cooper, Evening Standard, Literary Hub, Lord Speaker, The American Conservative
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The Caramanserai and Objets D’Arcy
The current issue of The Tablet has a feature length article about Frederick Copleston, SJ entitled “The Cleverest Jesuit”. This is by John Haldane, Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University and University of St Andrews. He begins by describing the context … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Catholicism, Newspapers, Oxford, Vile Bodies
Tagged Frederick Copleston SJ, Heythrop College, Jesuits, Prof John Haldane, The Tablet
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Final Episode of Decline and Fall
The final episode of the BBC’s adaptation of Waugh’s Decline and Fall will broadcast tomorrow, Friday, 14 April on BBC One at 9pm. The adaptation has been widely reviewed and mostly praised. Rosamund Urwin gives her assessment in the Evening Standard: The … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford, Television, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Evening Standard, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Rosamund Urwin, TLS
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Wales Promotes “Decline and Fall” Tourism
The Daily Post (Llandudno) has published a story explaining Waugh’s connection with the Arnold House school in nearby Llanddulas. In Decline and Fall, Waugh renamed the place Llanabba and called the school after the house: …It was [here] in January … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Television, Wales
Tagged Daily Post (Llandudno), Duncan McLaren, Llanddulas, Ty Delfryn, WalesOnline
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Hetton Abbey and Carlton Towers
Blogger Cathy Murray posting on her weblog “Cabbages and Semolina” has discussed several country houses that have inspired literary locations. After mentioning the connection between Highclere Castle and Downton Abbey and that between Castle Howard and Brideshead Castle she notes that: A less well known … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Diaries, Film, Letters, Locations
Tagged Carlton Towers, Cathy Murray
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