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Tag Archives: First Things
Waugh, Rex Whistler and the English Martyrs
Peter Hitchens has written an essay entitled “Latimer and Ridley Are Forgotten: A Protestant Understanding of England’s Martyrs.” This appears in the current issue of First Things, a nonsectarian religious journal. He argues that Roman Catholics have more effectively promoted … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography & Sculpture, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers, Wine in Peace and War
Tagged Brompton Oratory, English Martyrs, First Things, Peter Hitchens, Rex Whistler
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New Edition of Lady Chatterley Reviewed
Peter Hitchens has revisited the 1960 obscenity trial of D H Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover. This is in response to the reissuance of the novel by Macmillan in a new “deluxe” edition. The review appears in the religion and … Continue reading
Posted in Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers
Tagged D.H. Lawrence, First Things, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Peter Hitchens
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Simon Schama’s Guilty Pleasure
Historian, author and TV presenter Prof Simon Schama is interviewed by The Book Report column of the Toronto Globe and Mail. After identifying Tolstoy’s War and Peace as the book he has most reread (not too surprising for a historian), … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop
Tagged First Things, Globe and Mail, Guardian, Peter Hitichins, Simon Schama
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Waugh: Letter Writing, Divorce Reform, and Wadham College
The nondenominational religious journal First Things has an article about what is seen as the dying art of letter writing. This is written by R E Colombini and entitled “So Long, Age of Letters”. He uses as a case study … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Academia, Evelyn Waugh, Letters, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged First Things, Law and Literature, Mary Francis Coady, Maurice Bowra, Robin Esser, The Times, Thomas Merton
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Ronald Knox, Prose Stylist
In a review of the recent collection of articles Ronald Knox, A Man for All Seasons (see earlier post), Washington journalist Matthew Walther declares Knox to be the greatest English prose stylist of his time (P G Wodehouse excepted). Several … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Collections, Newspapers, Ronald Knox
Tagged First Things, Matthew Walther
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Meditation from Brideshead
George Weigel, author of the recent National Review article linking Rex Mottram and Donald Trump, has posted some thoughts inspired by a Lenten project involving his rewatching of the 1981 Granada TV series of Brideshead Revisited: During Lent, I’ve been rewatching … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Television
Tagged First Things, George Weigel
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Guy Crouchback’s Religion Featured in Article
The online edition of First Things, a Roman Catholic journal on religion and public life, has published an article, Catholicism Before and After 1963: Two Novels, by Gerald Russello in which he contrasts the impact of religion on the character … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Catholicism, Unconditional Surrender/The End of the Battle
Tagged First Things, Gerald Russello, Monk Dawson, Piers Paul Read
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