"make a world for Hooper ... so that things might be safe for the travelling salesman, with his polygonal pince-nez, his fat, wet handshake, his grinning dentures"". According to Martin Amis, the book ""squarely identifies egalitarianism as its foe and proceeds to rubbish it accordingly"". The question of whether the relationship between Charles and Sebastian is homosexual or platonic has been debated, particularly in an extended exchange between David Bittner and John Osborne in the ""Evelyn Waugh Newsletter and Studies"" from 1987 to 1991. In 1994 Paul Buccio argued that the relationship was in the Victorian tradition of ""intimate male"
"Sir John Soane's Museum in London and The Royal Oak Foundation Annual Lecture Tour in the United States in 2009. She has lectured at Oxford University (Harris Manchester College), Cheltenham Literature Festival and the Oxford Literary Festival. Jane Mulvagh Jane Mulvagh is an Irish-born journalist and social historian, specialising in British history. She is best known for her history of Madresfield Court, the English country house upon which Evelyn Waugh based his novel ""Brideshead Revisited"". Mulvagh has Irish roots and was educated at an English convent before going up to Girton College, Cambridge, to read History. Her early interest in"
"Evelyn Waugh Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books, and he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires ""Decline and Fall"" (1928) and ""A Handful of Dust"" (1934), the novel ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1945), and the Second World War trilogy ""Sword of Honour"" (1952–61). He is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century. Waugh was the son of a publisher, educated at Lancing College and then at"
"100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 45 on the BBC survey The Big Read. In 2005, it was chosen by ""Time"" magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to the present. In 2009, ""Newsweek"" magazine listed it as one of the 100 best books of world literature. In 1981 ""Brideshead Revisited"" was adapted as an 11-episode TV serial, produced by Granada Television and aired on ITV, starring Jeremy Irons as Charles Ryder and Anthony Andrews as Lord Sebastian Flyte. The bulk of the serial was"
"in Evelyn Waugh's classic novel ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1945): The story starts in London right after World War I. The characters have to deal with the lack of values and stability brought by the terrible conflict. Everybody is lost but at the same time looking for happiness while everything is going out of control in a ridiculous and comic way. In this book, Huxley seems to have been the first author to use the term vomitorium in context of a modern (and foul) colloquial definition it retains today, in the sentence: ""There strode in, like a Goth into the elegant marble"
"security, even as an entirety with their contents, is not guaranteed by any legislation. When Evelyn Waugh's novel ""Brideshead Revisited"", portraying life in the English country house, was published in 1945, its first few chapters offered a glimpse of an exclusive and enviable world, a world of beautiful country houses with magnificent contents, privileged occupants, a profusion of servants and great wealth. Yet, in its final chapters, Brideshead's author accurately documented a changing and fading world, a world in which the country house as a symbol of power, privilege and a natural order, was not to exist. As early as"
"seven months. Early into the period, ITV decided two-hour episodes were too lengthy, and Sturridge was forced to restructure the entire serial, beginning and ending it with expanded episodes that would bookend nine episodes running slightly less than an hour each. Brideshead Revisited (TV serial) Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British television serial starring Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews. It was produced by Granada Television for broadcast by the ITV network. Most of the serial was directed by Charles Sturridge; a few sequences were directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. The serial is an adaptation of the novel ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1945) by"
"In ""Brideshead Revisited"", a novel by Evelyn Waugh, Belgravia's Pont Street is eponymous with the idiosyncrasies of the British upper classes. Julia, one of the main protagonists, tells her friends, ""It was ""Pont Street"" to wear a signet ring and to give chocolates at the theatre; it was ""Pont Street"" to say, 'Can I forage for you?' at a dance."" ""Flunkeyania Or Belgravian Morals"", written under the pseudonym ""Chawles"", was one of the novels serialised in ""The Pearl"", an allegedly pornographic Victorian magazine. In the popular British television series ""Upstairs, Downstairs"" (1971–1975), the scene is set in the household of"
"Lord Marchmain in Evelyn Waugh's novel ""Brideshead Revisited"". Beauchamp was the eldest son of Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp, by his first wife, Lady Mary Catherine, daughter of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he showed an interest in evangelism, joining the Christian Social Union. Beauchamp succeeded his father in the earldom in 1891 at the age of 18, and was mayor of Worcester between 1895 and 1896. A progressive in his ideas, he was surprised to be offered the post of Governor of New South Wales in May 1899. Though"
"Alastair Hugh Graham Alastair Hugh Graham (27 June 1904 – 1982) was an honorary attaché in Athens and Cairo, an Oxford friend of Evelyn Waugh, and, according to Waugh's letters, one of his ""romances"". He is, together with Hugh Lygon, considered the main inspiration for Sebastian Flyte in ""Brideshead Revisited"". Alastair Hugh Graham was born on 27 June 1904. His mother was a cotton heiress from Savannah, Georgia, Jessie Low, while his father, Hugh Graham (1860–1921), was a British landed aristocrat of the Graham baronets, the younger son of Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, of Netherby, 3d Baronet (1820–1888) and Lady"
"report, ""Church and State in Liberated Croatia"". After spells in Dubrovnik and Rome, Waugh returned to London on 15 March 1945 to present his report, which the Foreign Office suppressed to maintain good relations with Tito, now the leader of communist Yugoslavia. ""Brideshead Revisited"" was published in London in May 1945. Waugh had been convinced of the book's qualities, ""my first novel rather than my last"". It was a tremendous success, bringing its author fame, fortune and literary status. Happy though he was with this outcome, Waugh's principal concern as the war ended was the fate of the large populations"
"Hugh Lygon Hugh Patrick Lygon (2 November 1904 – 19 August 1936 Rothenburg, Bavaria) was the second son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, and is often believed to be the inspiration for Lord Sebastian Flyte in Evelyn Waugh's ""Brideshead Revisited"". He was a friend of Waugh's at Oxford (A. L. Rowse believed the two to be lovers), where both were members of the Hypocrites' Club (Lygon was also the president of the club), along with their contemporary Murray Andrew McLean and the Plunket Greene's brothers, Richard and David. David Plunket Greene was a good friend of Hugh Lygon. He"
"She died in Santa Rosa, California in 1985. Gladys Lucy Adshead Gladys Lucy Adshead (April 25, 1896–1985) was a British-born writer of children's books. Adshead was born in Manchester, England, to James Frederick and Bertha Wilson Groome Adshead. She was educated at Froebel Educational Institute, a teacher training college. She became a teacher and headmistress in private schools in England, where she was a member of the Royal Society of Teachers, and later in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Illinois in the United States. Gladys Adshead was best known for her ""Brownie"" books, the first of which was published in 1938 by"
"Castle Howard Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, north of York. It is a private residence, and has been the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years. Castle Howard is not a true castle, but this term is also used for English country houses erected on the site of a former military castle. It is familiar to television and film audiences as the fictional ""Brideshead"", both in Granada Television's 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's ""Brideshead Revisited"" and a two-hour 2008 remake for cinema. Today, it is part of the"
"The Bridesmaid The Bridesmaid is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1989. It is generally considered a fan-favourite, and was adapted into an acclaimed 2004 film by Claude Chabrol (who had previous adapted Rendell's earlier novel ""A Judgement in Stone"", with great success). The novel's protagonist is Philip Wardman, a relatively normal young man (unusually so for traditional Rendell protagonists), whose only particularly strong feeling is that he hates violence. Philip lives at home with his mother and sister, and his feminine ideal is exemplified by a beautiful statue of Flora, a nymph, in their garden."
"right until 2012 to appoint representatives to the Council of British Rowing. The others were London Rowing Club, Thames Rowing Club, Oxford University Boat Club and Cambridge University Boat Club. Notable members include: In Evelyn Waugh's novel ""Brideshead Revisited"", the character Cousin Jasper (who ""had come within appreciable distance of getting his rowing blue"") wears a Leander Club tie when he first calls upon the protagonist Charles Ryder to offer advice on being a student at Oxford. In the 1981 television adaptation, Cousin Jasper (played by Stephen Moore) is depicted wearing the Leander's ""city"" tie (dark blue with small pink"
"Flinders University, who maintains that ""the [19th century] conflict between Protestantism and Anglo-Catholicism within the Church of England was ... regularly depicted by Protestant propagandists as a struggle between masculine and feminine styles of religion"". Driberg throughout his life was a devout Anglo-Catholic; Wheen suggests that Evelyn Waugh, in ""Brideshead Revisited"", may have had Driberg in mind when the novel's protagonist Charles Ryder is warned on arrival at Oxford to ""beware of Anglo-Catholics—they're all sodomites with unpleasant accents."" Driberg was the subject of a play, ""Tom and Clem"", by Stephen Churchett, which was staged at London's Aldwych Theatre in April"
"Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart, Richard Halliburton, Truman Capote, Orson Welles, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Princess Aspasia of Greece, Aristotle Onassis, Barbara Hutton, Peggy Guggenheim, Joel Sumerlin, Tareq Salahi, George Clooney, Sarah Weintritt, Silvio Barta and Woody Allen.. The bar was also briefly mentioned in the second and subsequent editions of Evelyn Waugh's novel ""Brideshead Revisited"" (in the first edition Waugh simply called the bar ""the English bar"") as a frequent haunt of principal characters Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte during their time in Venice. Harry's Bar is home of the Bellini and Carpaccio. Harry's Bar is also famous"
"Gladys Lucy Adshead Gladys Lucy Adshead (April 25, 1896–1985) was a British-born writer of children's books. Adshead was born in Manchester, England, to James Frederick and Bertha Wilson Groome Adshead. She was educated at Froebel Educational Institute, a teacher training college. She became a teacher and headmistress in private schools in England, where she was a member of the Royal Society of Teachers, and later in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Illinois in the United States. Gladys Adshead was best known for her ""Brownie"" books, the first of which was published in 1938 by Oxford University Press and entitled ""Brownies - Hush""!."
"Dorothy Lygon Lady Dorothy Lygon (22 February 1912 – 13 November 2001) was an English socialite, part of the Bright Young Things. Lady Dorothy Lygon was born on 22 February 1912, the daughter of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp and Lady Lettice Grosvenor, daughter of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor and granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster. Her friendship with Evelyn Waugh began in the early 1930s; to Dorothy Lygon, Waugh explained that the Lygons were only part of inspiration for the novel ""Brideshead Revisited""; Dorothy Lygon most likely inspired the character of Lady Cordelia Flyte. According to Laura Herbert,"
"intensive care. He married Georgina Simpson of the Simpsons of Piccadilly department store family. Their daughter Amy is a god-daughter of Princess Anne, The Princess Royal. Anthony Andrews Anthony Colin Gerald Andrews (born 12 January 1948) is an English actor best known for his role as Lord Sebastian Flyte in the 1981 ITV miniseries ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1981). He is also known for playing the title roles in ""Ivanhoe"", ""Operation Daybreak"" and ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"", and for portraying Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in ""The King's Speech"" (2010). For his performance in ""Brideshead Revisited"" Andrews won a Golden Globe and BAFTA TV"
"Anthony Andrews Anthony Colin Gerald Andrews (born 12 January 1948) is an English actor best known for his role as Lord Sebastian Flyte in the 1981 ITV miniseries ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1981). He is also known for playing the title roles in ""Ivanhoe"", ""Operation Daybreak"" and ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"", and for portraying Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in ""The King's Speech"" (2010). For his performance in ""Brideshead Revisited"" Andrews won a Golden Globe and BAFTA TV Award, as well as being nominated for an Emmy. Andrews was born in London, the son of Geraldine Agnes (""née"" Cooper), a dancer, and Stanley Thomas"
"1944. He was mildly disparaging of the novel, stating; ""It was a bleak period of present privation and threatening disaster – the period of soya beans and Basic English – and in consequence the book is infused with a kind of gluttony, for food and wine, for the splendours of the recent past, and for rhetorical and ornamental language which now, with a full stomach, I find distasteful."" In the United States, ""Brideshead Revisited"" was the Book of the Month Club selection for January 1946. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked ""Brideshead Revisited"" No. 80 on its list of the"
"Middle-earth. In the Evelyn Waugh novel ""Brideshead Revisited"", Lord Sebastian Flyte takes Charles Ryder ""to see the ivy"" soon after they first meet. As he says, ""Oh, Charles, what a lot you have to learn! There's a beautiful arch there and more different kinds of ivy than I knew existed. I don't know where I should be without the Botanical gardens"" (Chapter One). In Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels ""His Dark Materials"", a bench in the back of the garden is one of the locations/objects that stand parallel in the two different worlds that the protagonists, Lyra Belacqua and Will"
"Henry Wynn (a son of Lady Newborough). Lygon was standing in the road to ask the way and fell backwards, hitting his head on a stone. He died later due to a fractured skull, having spent four days in a hospital in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. His body was returned to England. Hugh Lygon Hugh Patrick Lygon (2 November 1904 – 19 August 1936 Rothenburg, Bavaria) was the second son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, and is often believed to be the inspiration for Lord Sebastian Flyte in Evelyn Waugh's ""Brideshead Revisited"". He was a friend of Waugh's at"
"he continued to write. He displayed to the world a mask of indifference, but he was capable of great kindness to those whom he considered his friends. After his death in 1966 he acquired a following of new readers through the film and television versions of his works, such as the television serial ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1981). Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was born on 28 October 1903 to Arthur Waugh (1866–1943) and Catherine Charlotte Raban (1870–1954), into a family with English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish and Huguenot origins. Distinguished forebears include Lord Cockburn (1779–1854), a leading Scottish advocate and judge, William"
"The Chrysalids The Chrysalids (United States title: Re-Birth) is a science fiction novel by British writer John Wyndham, first published in 1955 by Michael Joseph. It is the least typical of Wyndham's major novels, but regarded by some as his best. An early manuscript version was entitled ""Time for a Change"". The novel was adapted for BBC radio by Barbara Clegg in 1982, with a further adaptation by Jane Rogers in 2012. It was also adapted for the theatre by playwright David Harrower in 1999. The inhabitants of post-apocalypse Labrador have vague knowledge of the ""Old People"", a technologically advanced"
"was vital in the development of English Roman Catholicism. The novel is the most thorough treatment of the theme of Waugh's writing, first fully displayed in ""Brideshead Revisited"": a celebration of the virtues of tradition, of family and feudal loyalty, of paternalist hierarchy, of the continuity of institutions and of the heroic ideal and the calamitous disappearance of these which has led to the emptiness and futility of the modern world. It paints an ironic picture of regimental life in the British Army and is a satire on the wasteful and perverse bureaucracy of modern warfare. The point of view"
"species and its less advanced progenitors. (The book's original phrase is ""they cannot tolerate our ""rise"""".) The Chrysalids The Chrysalids (United States title: Re-Birth) is a science fiction novel by British writer John Wyndham, first published in 1955 by Michael Joseph. It is the least typical of Wyndham's major novels, but regarded by some as his best. An early manuscript version was entitled ""Time for a Change"". The novel was adapted for BBC radio by Barbara Clegg in 1982, with a further adaptation by Jane Rogers in 2012. It was also adapted for the theatre by playwright David Harrower in"
"unilateral act of love by which God continually calls souls to Himself"". This is achieved by an examination of the Roman Catholic aristocratic Flyte family as seen by the narrator, Charles Ryder. In various letters, Waugh himself refers to the novel a number of times as his ""magnum opus""; however, in 1950 he wrote to Graham Greene stating ""I re-read ""Brideshead Revisited"" and was appalled."" In Waugh's preface to his revised edition of ""Brideshead"" (1959) the author explained the circumstances in which the novel was written, following a minor parachute accident in the six months between December 1943 and June"
"costumes than had been seen in recent Austen adaptations, and drew inspiration from the fashions of the 1790s, a time period she considered ""fascinating"" and a ""very transitional era in terms of fashion... it was a real challenge to make it work."" Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh attended the Cannes Film Festival in May 2006 but then had to quickly return to the ""Becoming Jane"" set to complete the last two days of filming. She later collaborated with Jarrold in the 2008 drama film ""Brideshead Revisited"". For research, Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh visited museums and art galleries, and also read Austen's letters and novels. She"
"of the English literary world, either as students or as colleagues. The character of Mr Samgrass in Evelyn Waugh's ""Brideshead Revisited"" is said to have been modelled on Bowra. Cyril Connolly, Henry Green, Anthony Powell and Kenneth Clark knew Bowra quite well when they were undergraduates. Clark called Bowra ""the strongest influence in my life"". Waugh marked his friend's election as Warden of Wadham by presenting him with a monkey-puzzle tree for his garden. Bowra and George Alfred Kolkhorst were avowed arch-enemies, though both were friends of John Betjeman. Betjeman records his appreciation of Bowra in his verse autobiography ""Summoned"
"of the diaries and letters promoted increased interest in Waugh and his works and caused publication of much new material. Christopher Sykes's biography had appeared in 1975, between 1980 and 1998 three more full biographies were issued and other biographical and critical studies have continued to be produced. A collection of Waugh's journalism and reviews was published in 1983, revealing a fuller range of his ideas and beliefs. The new material provided further grounds for debate between Waugh's supporters and detractors. The 1982 Granada Television adaptation of ""Brideshead Revisited"" introduced a new generation to Waugh's works, in Britain and in"