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Tag Archives: Daily Mail
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
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
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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Halloween Roundup
–There are several reviews this week of William Boyd’s new novel Trio. Waugh is mentioned in some of them. The Guardian’s review opens with this: …Some of his comic writing suggests a kinship with Evelyn Waugh as a farceur of rare … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Daily Mail, Damian McBride, Evesham Journal, Guardian, Lord Bevarbrook, Rosalind Morrison, Standpont, The Scotsman
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New Book Features Madresfield
The Daily Mail has posted an excerpt from a new book about English country houses. This is by Clive Aslet, former editor of Country Life and is entitled Old Homes, New Life. It is based on visits he has made … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Country Houses, Daily Mail, Madresfield Court, Tatler
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Roundup
–The Irish Times has a story about a visit to Birr Castle in Ireland. This is the home of the Earls of Rosse, and the present Lady Rosse conducts the ITÂ ‘s reporter, Rosita Boland, through the house in a televised … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Biographies, Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Ronald Knox
Tagged Daily Mail, DBC Pierre, Epoch Times, First Things, Guardian, Irish Times, The Scotsman
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Bright Younger People
In yesterday’s Mail on Sunday, Toby Young writes about his days at Oxford in the 1980s, energized to do so by a new book out later this week by Dafydd Jones. This is entitled Oxford, The Last Hurrah. The US … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Photographs
Tagged Boris Johnson, Dafydd Jones, Daily Mail, Toby Young
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