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Tag Archives: Phyllis Richardson
Waugh and the Country House (more)
Evelyn Waugh’s biographer Paula Byrne has reviewed the book House of Fiction by Phyllis Richardson in the current TLS. This book has been mentioned in several recent posts but Byrne focuses more closely on Richardson’s descriptions of Evelyn Waugh’s relations … Continue reading
Posted in Books about Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Newspapers
Tagged Country Houses, Paula Byrne, Phyllis Richardson, TLS
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Arcadia and Country Houses (More)
The BBC Radio 3 broadcast of the Words and Music episode on the subject of “Arcadia” is now available on the internet at this link. It is more music than words, and if you want to know source of either, you … Continue reading
Posted in Brideshead Revisited, Decline and Fall, Newspapers, Radio Programs
Tagged BBC Radio 3, Laura Freeman, Phyllis Richardson, Times newspaper, Words and Music
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Literary Guides Link Waugh and Madresfield
Two guide books to houses with literary associations have linked Evelyn Waugh to Madresfield Court in Worcestershire. That was the home of the Lygon family and inspired certain features of Brideshead Castle and the Flyte family in Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. The … Continue reading
Posted in Black Mischief, Brideshead Revisited
Tagged Literary Guide Books, Madresfield Court, Nick Channer, Phyllis Richardson
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