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Tag Archives: El Pais
End of the Month Roundup
–Alexander Larman in The Spectator reviews two new books about religion: Twelve Churches by Fergus Butler-Gallie and God, the Science, the Evidence by Miles-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnaissies. The article opens with a brief reference to the religious writings of … Continue reading
Roundup: Articles, a Script and an Interview
–The New York Times has an opinion article in the Sunday edition that may be of interest. The columnist Carlos Lozada explains how he ruthlessly selects his summer beach reading in a way that really, REALLY assures he will choose … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Adaptations, Auctions, Interviews, Newspapers, The Loved One
Tagged eBay, El Pais, FlashBak.com, New York Times, The Spectator
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Roundup: Cousins, Catholics, Allegories and Adaptations
–The London Review of Books has posted a review by Neal Acherson of the new biography of Claude Cockburn by his son Patrick. This in mentioned in a previous post and is entitled “Believe Nothing Until It Has Been Officially … Continue reading
Homage from Catalonia
An article in the Barcelona newspaper El País (“Existió otro mundo“/ “The series of my life”) pays homage to the 1981 Granada TV series of Brideshead Revisited. The article is written by Carles Geli who recalls seeing the Spanish TV broadcast … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Television
Tagged Carles Geli, El Pais
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Updates: Brideshead Tonite
The Daily Telegraph offers this rather downbeat description in its TV schedules of the 2008 Brideshead Revisited film adaptation: In the light of the 1981 TV version of Evelyn Waugh’s novel, you do have to admire the chutzpah of anyone else giving … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Auberon Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Scoop
Tagged BBC, Daily Telegraph, El Pais, The Oldie
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El Pais Chronicles Brideshead TV Generation
A feature article in the Spanish language newspaper El Pais chronicles the generation of party goers inspired by the 1981 Granada TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited: In his first scene, Sebastian appears vomiting through an open window. Margaret Thatcher had been living in Downing … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Oxford, Photographs, Television
Tagged Dafydd Jones, El Pais
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