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Tag Archives: Daily Mail
“Bridey’s Bombshell” Queried
In his Daily Mail blog, Peter Hitchens wonders whether Evelyn Waugh got it wrong about the Roman Catholic view of marriage in Brideshead Revisited, at least as it has been applied to the recent marriage of twice-divorced Boris Johnson in … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Catholicism, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Peter Hitchens, The Tablet
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Memorial Day/Spring Bank Holiday Roundup
–Historian Niall Ferguson writes about his latest book in the Daily Mail. This is entitled Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. He opens with the observation that the British have made a habit of laughing in the face of death, offering … Continue reading
Max Mosley 1940-2021 R.I.P.
The death was announced yesterday of Max Mosley, best remembered as the head of Formula One racing, who sorted it out during his tenure. He is also well known as the son of Diana Mitford and her second husband Oswald … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Work Suspended
Tagged Daily Mail, Max Mosley
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Mid-May Roundup
–Nicholas Lezard, writing for the New Statesman opens his article on cold weather angst with this: I was reading Evelyn Waugh’s first travel book, Labels, which for some inexplicable reason I had never got round to before, and I was … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Anniversaries, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Labels, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Daily Mail, New Statesman, The Imaginative Conservative, The Spectator, The Times
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The Pursuit of Adaptations
The verdicts on the recent BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love are decidedly mixed. This is not surprising, since the advance announcements indicated this version would take a fresh approach, given that there had been two … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged BBC, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Nancy Mitford, New Statesman, The Spectator
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Easter Roundup
–Edward St Aubyn has written a new novel: Double Blind. The Sydney Morning Herald explains why it may (or may not) appeal to Waugh readers: St Aubyn’s early prose can be almost unbearably sharp, mordant and bitterly ironic. The fictional … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Newspapers, Sword of Honour, Vile Bodies, Waugh Family
Tagged Daily Mail, Daisy Waugh, Edward St. Aubyn, Guardian, New York Times, Sydney Morning Herald, The Tablet
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Spring Equinox Roundup
–A new book about Evelyn Waugh’s friend Randolph Churchill has been published. This is entitled Churchill and Son and is written by Josh Ireland. It apparently deals mainly with Randolph’s rocky relationship with his father but may touch on his … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Put Out More Flags, World War II
Tagged Chagford, Daily Mail, Jessica Fellowes, Kings River Life, Randolph Churchill, The Times, TLS
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Late Winter Roundup
–The Daily Mail has posted some excerpts from the new and unexpurgated edition of the diaries of Chips Channon. Two of these new entries involve comments of Channon about Evelyn Waugh: Evelyn Waugh – Sunday, December 16, 1934 Lunch was … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Brideshead Revisited, Diaries, Interviews, Newspapers, Scoop, Vile Bodies
Tagged Chips Channon, Daily Mail, Duncan McLaren, FarOut, FlashBak.com, Graham Greene, Guardian, Joseph Pearce, Nicola Pagett, Plotlines., TLS, Tom Wolfe
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Naim Attallah: 1931-2021 R I P
The publisher and author Naim Attallah died in London earlier this week. His obituary was posted today by the Daily Telegraph: Naim Attallah, who has died aged 89, was a Palestinian-born entrepreneur who enjoyed a lucrative business career, notably with … Continue reading
Deal on New Brideshead Series Reported Imminent
It has been reported in the Daily Mail, Radio Times and Deadline that a deal on a new Brideshead Revisited TV series by the BBC and HBO is imminent. Here’s the story as reported in Tatler: 2020 marks the 75th … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Baz Bambigboye, BBC, Daily Mail, Tatler
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