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Tag Archives: Country Life
Piers Court for Sale
Waugh’s country house in Gloucestershire has been listed for sale according to Country Life magazine. The listing agent is Knight, Frank and the asking price is £3 million. The article by Penny Churchill explains that the current owners, who have lived … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Items for Sale, Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Robbery Under Law, The Loved One, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
Tagged Anna Temkin, Country Life, Daily Post (Wales), Knight Frank, Penny Churchill, Piers Court, Plas Dulas, R M Dawkins, The Times
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Country Life Revisits “U and Non-U” Controversy
Country Life magazine has published an article reviewing the “U and Non-U” speech controversy 60 years since it raged in the 1950s after it was publicized by Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh, inter alia, in the collection of essays published … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Articles, Essays, Articles & Reviews, Newspapers
Tagged Country Life, Nancy Mitford, U and Non-U
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Country Life in the Plashy Fen
An article in this week’s Spectator recounts the successful career of Country Life magazine. This is on the occasion of the BBC2’s production of a 3-part documentary on how the magazine is put together. The article is written by Nigel … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Scoop, Television Programs
Tagged BBC2, Country Life, Mells Manor, Spectator
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Evelyn Waugh in Country Life
Country Life magazine has published a list of 60 things that make Britain great. No. 43 is the public school: Ever since William of Wykeham set up his college for poor scholars in Winchester more than 600 years ago, these … Continue reading
Posted in Decline and Fall
Tagged Captain Grimes, Country Life, Mells Manor, Public Schools
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