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Tag Archives: Carlton Towers
Keeping Up With Aristocrats (More)
The second episode of the new ITV series “Keeping Up With the Aristocrats” airs tomorrow on ITV at 9pm. This will, no doubt, offer additional examples of enterprising efforts by four aristocratic families to make something of more immediate value … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Diaries, Documentaries, Interviews, Newspapers, Television Programs
Tagged Carlton Towers, Daily Telegraph, Eleanor Doughty, Francis Howard, ITV, Miles Fitzalan-Howard, Sunday Times
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Waugh and Country Houses
There have been several recent articles that mention Evelyn Waugh in connection with English country houses: Carlton Towers. As noted in a recent post, this house was the setting of Hetton Abbey in the 1980s film version of A Handful of … Continue reading
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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