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Weekend Roundup: Brideshead in the News

Alan Hollinghurst’s latest novel The Sparsholt Affair  is being released in the USA next week and is reviewed in the Boston Globe. The Globe’s reviewer, Priscilla Gilman, as with several in the UK, notes the book’s conections with Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited: … Continue reading

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Literary and Media Celebrities Cite Waugh’s Influence

In the past few days several celebrities from various media have stated in interviews that they had been influenced by the writings of Evelyn Waugh. In an interview by the book website Goodreads, US novelist Jay McInerney (Bright Lights, Big City) had the … Continue reading

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Canadian Radio Addresses Waugh and “Presentism”

This weekend’s broadcast of The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright on the CBC addresses the issue of “presentism,” which is the practice of applying the moral and ethical principles of today to the beliefs and statements of those living in the … Continue reading

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