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Tag Archives: Simon Kuper
Toffs Floribundi: Costume Drama, Oxford and Brexit
–On the occasion on the release of a new Downton Abbey film, The Times has devoted several articles to the costume drama as a genre. These begin with Robert Crampton defining the genre. From his perspective, a costume drama must … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptations, Brideshead Revisited, Internet, Newspapers, Oxford
Tagged Simon Kuper, The Times, UnHerd.com
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Waugh as Biographer, Up to a Point
In this week’s Spectator, the lead book review (“Biography is a thoroughly reprehensible genre”) is by Roger Lewis. In this, he describes a book by James Atlas entitled The Shadow in the Garden: A Biographer’s Tale. Atlas is a literary … Continue reading
Posted in A Handful of Dust, Biographies, Edmund Campion, Evelyn Waugh, Newspapers, Oxford, Scoop
Tagged Christopher Fletcher, Financial Times, James Atlas, Karen Walker, Roger Lewis, Simon Kuper, Spectator, Vogue
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