Tag Archives: Castle Howard

World Cup Roundup

Posted on November 19, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

–A recent book with a Waugh theme was listed (with reservations) among the Daily Telegraph year’s best biographies: Daisy Dunn’s Not Far From Brideshead (W&N, £20) is less satisfactory. What should be a dynamite intellectual history of how three great classicists – Gilbert … Continue reading →

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The Times Revisits Castle Howard

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Jeffrey Manley

Today’s issue of The Times carries an article by Andrew Billen (“Stately homes to spare? TV stardom beckons”) recommending country houses to visit, once they are reopened to the public, based on their setting for TV series and films. This … Continue reading →

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Adaptations Abound

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

–In a recent issue of The Spectator, Chilton Williamson, Jr considers the success of the 1950s Perry Mason CBS TV series in light of today’s alternatives. Here’s the opening of the article: I was well into my thirties when my … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Festival May Not Happen

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

The Yorkshire Post has published a story by David Behrens in which it reports that the festival scheduled last year to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Brideshead Revisited’s publication may never happen. This is largely based on an interview with … Continue reading →

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Castle Howard Exhibition: Brideshead Revisited at 75

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Castle Howard website features a fully and handsomely illustrated exhibition of photos from the two film adaptations of Brideshead Revisited and other related sources. This illustrates in part how the two adaptations are similar in some respects and how … Continue reading →

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Castle Howard’s Brideshead Webinar on YouTube

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The webinar produced by Castle Howard on the 75th anniversary of Brideshead Revisited’s publication (28 May 2020) has been posted on YouTube. This is entitled “Castle Howard and Brideshead: Fact, Fiction and In-Between” and is presented by Chris Ridgway, Castle … Continue reading →

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Brideshead @ 75: Castle Howard, The Spectator, BBC

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

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 →

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Brideshead Webinar (More)

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The following additional information has been received from Castle Howard about the 28 May 2020 webinar: The webinar will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the first publication of Brideshead, by exploring Castle Howard’s relationship with Waugh’s classic novel. Our Curator … Continue reading →

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Brideshead Webinar Scheduled for 28 May

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Castle Howard has announced a webinar to be conducted via Twitter on Thursday, 28 May. Here’s the text of the announcement: The 28th May will mark the 75th Anniversary of the first publication of Brideshead Revisited. Our Curator will run a … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh Studies 50.3 (Winter 2019)

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

The Winter 2019 issue of the Society’s journal Evelyn Waugh Studies No. 50.3 has been issued. It is posted at this link. The contents are set out below: ARTICLES “Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead and Castle Howard” by Jeffrey Manley INTRODUCTION Castle … Continue reading →

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