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Tag Archives: Downton Abbey
Bastille Day Roundup
With the French celebrating their National Day and their World Cup victory this past weekend, our latest roundup is dedicated to them. Appropriately enough, our first entry relates to France. –In the weblog Literary Hub, Emily Temple admits that most writers … Continue reading
Posted in Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Helena, Letters, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged Anecdotal Evidence, BBC, Countess of Carnarvon, Downton Abbey, Literary Hub, Marcel Proust, Nigeness
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Brideshead Urged for Post Downton Depression
Press reports are appearing that recognize the need for something to replace the void now left by the termination of the Downton Abbey TV series. The Huffington Post in its Off the Shelf column contains an article by Kerry Fiallo recommending a dose … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Humo(u)r, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Downton Abbey, The Huffington Post, Toronto Star
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Decline of the Anglo-Novella
Blogger and retired PR executive Gary Holmes has posted an essay comparing the British TV series Brideshead Revisited and Downton Abbey. Brideshead comes out much the better of the two on several counts, leading Holmes to conclude that what he calls … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Television
Tagged Downton Abbey, Gary Holmes
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Brideshead Castle vs. Downton Abbey
Today’s Op-Ed pages in the New York Times carry a story (“The Stately Gift Shops of England”) about the English country house. This is by novelist Charles Lambert who credits this institution’s survival to the heritage industry and its primary advocate, the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Television, Television Programs, Waugh Family
Tagged Castle Howard, Charles Lambert, Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, New York Times
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Brideshead vs. Downton
Alexander Nazaryan in the New York Daily News gives the crown to Brideshead.
Posted in Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Alexander Nazaryan, articles, Downton Abbey, New York Daily News
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