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Category Archives: Television Programs
Washington’s Birthday Roundup
–D J Taylor has written a thoughtful obituary of David Lodge in the latest issue of the journal New Criterion. This is based on his review of Lodge’s life as written in the three-volume autobiography published in Lodge’s final years. … Continue reading
Roundup: Television and Weblogs
–Blogger Andrew Kern has posted on Substack an article praising Waugh’s war novel Men at Arms. Here are the opening paragraphs: Evelyn Waugh wrote better than any dead or living Briton from the 20th century. He tells stories that incorporate … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Interviews, Men at Arms, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, House of Guinness, Ma Mayfield, Metro.co.uk, The Guardian
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Mid-May Roundup
–The Italian language newspaper Il Manifesto has posted an article (“The ivory brush and the tabernacle”) on Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. This is written by Viola Pagetti. Here are slightly edited extracts translated (by Google) from the opening paragraphs: Having … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Film: The Scarlet Woman, Internet, Newspapers, Ronald Knox, Television Programs, Translations
Tagged BBC, Il Manifesto, John Betjeman, The Bioscope, The Homebound Symphony
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Spring Equinox Roundup
–The New Criterion has posted a review of Simon Heffer’s new book on the interwar period. This is entitled Sing As We Go, and it is reviewed by Jeremy Black. The review is quite favorable and notes that Heffer’s depiction … Continue reading
Presidents Day Roundup
–Ben Dowell reviews a new TV serial about Coco Chanel’s life in wartime Paris. The title of the review tells much about the story: “New Look Review–Nice Dresses: Coco Chanel–pity about the Nazi boyfriend”. The article in Saturday’s Times newspaper … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Television Programs, World War II
Tagged Apple TV, Financial Times, Harry Clifton, Lytham Hall, Netflix
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Valentines Day Roundup
–The BBC has reposted a 2022 episode of its art series Fake or Fortune. This involves a drawing said to be by the painter Modigliani that was owned by Waugh’s friend Sacheverell Sitwell (brother of Edith and Osbert). Here’s an … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Decline and Fall, Music, Observer, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Bridgeman Images, country house, Observer, Sunday Times, The Oldie
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Roundup
–The New Statesman has an article by Josiah Gogarty entitled “Only snobbery can stop Elon Musk: Class prejudice is the last weapon against tech titans.” Waugh makes a contribution: …Then there’s the more squeamish side of elitism: class snobbery. This … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, Discussions, Internet, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard, Mechanics Institute, New Statesman, The Sunday Times, University Challenge
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Elizabeth Jane Howard Centenary: b. 26 March 1923
The Oldie has published a remembrance by Mark McGinness of novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard’s centenary which occurs today. Here’s an excerpt: Elizabeth Jane Howard would have been 100 on 26 March. Her stepson, Martin Amis, paid tribute to her “penetrating … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Interviews, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged BBC, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Mark McGinness, The Oldie, The Times
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Early March Roundup
–Valerie Grove writing in The Times reviews BBC’s recent rerun of John Betjeman’s program Metroland which was originally broadcast 50 years ago (1973). Grove had interviewed Betjeman about then when she must have been a cub reporter at the Evening … Continue reading
Posted in London, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Television Programs
Tagged Daily Telegraph, Irish Times, John Betjeman, The Times, Toowoomba Chronicle
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Thanksgiving Roundup
–Iona McLaren writng in the Daily Telegraph considers the problem posed by readers who want to be warned against reading something that might upset them–in this case about books in which animals die. The article opens with this: The US … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Decline and Fall, Letters, Newspapers, Television Programs, Theater, World War II
Tagged Chelsea Arts Club, Daily Telegraph, El Diaria Cultura (Uruguay), The Guardian, The Times newspaper
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