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The Country House Podcast
Brideshead Revived: Castle Howard's 21st Century Renaissance with Nick Howard | 79

The Country House Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 65:53


Nestled in the Howardian Hills of ‘God's own country' of Yorkshire, something extraordinary is happening at Vanbrugh's great English Baroque masterpiece, Castle Howard. Famed for its seminal role in Brideshead Revisited and Bridgerton, for 75 years, an entire wing of Castle Howard has remained a burnt-out shell after fire ravaged the house in 1940.But in recent years, Castle Howard's current custodian - Nick Howard - and his wife Victoria, have overseen a remarkable 21st century renaissance, bringing in the country's best architects, designers and craftsmen to begin the monumental task of returning these burnt-out rooms to their former glory.Joining Geoff and Rory on the podcast this week, Nick Howard discusses the decision making process behind this revival, and talks us through the renovation journey. The results are a triumph, and testify to Nick and Victoria's dedication to Castle Howard and their desire to secure its future for many generations to come.

Become Fire Podcast
Brideshead Revisited (Part II) - Become Fire Podcast S2. Ep #10

Become Fire Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 29:57


Charles returns to a transformed Brideshead, where the Flyte family's tangled ties of love, guilt, and faith pull him deeper into their unraveling world. Amidst war's stark shadow, old promises clash with new desires, and the estate stands as both sanctuary and judge to a life Charles can't escape. Join us for part two of Brideshead Revisited in this episode of the #BecomeFire Podcast.

Become Fire Podcast
Brideshead Revisited (Part I) - Become Fire Podcast S2. Ep #9

Become Fire Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 29:51


Charles Ryder, a curious Oxford dreamer, meets Sebastian Flyte, a magnetic soul whose lavish life promises an alluring freedom. At the grand estate that looms over their friendship, beauty battles with duty, and every laugh hides a secret waiting to unravel. Join us in this week's episode of the #BecomeFire Podcast as we open up part one of Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh.

Nooit meer slapen
Florian Myjer (theatermaker en acteur)

Nooit meer slapen

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 58:01


Trigger warning: in deze aflevering wordt gesproken over seksueel misbruik. Florian Myjer is theatermaker en acteur, geprezen om zijn theatrale adaptaties van literaire klassiekers (o.a. ‘Oorlog en Vrede', ‘Mann Mann Mann'). Van 2021 tot 2024 maakte hij deel uit van de artistieke leiding van Theatergroep De Warme Winkel. In 2023 ging ‘Brideshead Revisited' (selectie Nederlands Theaterfestival 2024) in première op het Holland Festival, waarin wederom een literaire klassieker als basis diende - ditmaal als een autopsie van de liefde en een ontvouwing van onze (seksuele) identiteit. Voor zijn rol in de film ‘Sweet Dreams' won hij een Gouden Kalf voor Beste Bijrol. Sinds 2024 is Myjer onderdeel van het artistieke team van Theater Oostpool. Nu speelt hij in ‘Schuldig Kind', gebaseerd op het werk van Ted van Lieshout, samen met Bram Coopmans en Sander Plukaard. Femke van der Laan gaat met Florian Myjer in gesprek.

Een Uur Cultuur
#107 - AWKWARD I (Djurre de Haan) (S03)

Een Uur Cultuur

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 53:04


In deze aflevering ontvangt Teddy Tops singer- songwriter AWKWARD I (pseudoniem van Djurre de Haan) (https://www.instagram.com/awkward_i/)Zijn nieuwste album (https://open.spotify.com/album/2EfVQqJagb60EnAJNq1o9I?si=BLv4ZhcrT7iMc0DCMBgvrQ&nd=1&dlsi=2f093cdf85c34a90) is net uit.  De tips van Djurre: Boek: Earthsea (https://www.ursulakleguin.com/the-books-of-earthsea), Hainish cycle (https://www.ursulakleguin.com/hainish-novels-and-stories) Toneel: Brideshead Revisited (https://dewarmewinkel.nl/voorstellingen/brideshead-revisited/) Muziek: Angela Aux (https://open.spotify.com/track/37z0I78CQ7vJAGDuAZLxqS?si=984e0b81d1094024%5C&nd=1&dlsi=32792161055045ec), Michael Hurley (https://open.spotify.com/track/1SjygsO0GGtrYC4SjOVScg?si=4cfa8d1306e5461d&nd=1&dlsi=f18acb95ec114011), Connie Converse (https://open.spotify.com/track/3Zg3CUlhF033CIndULylsj?si=3800fd97e1d6468e&nd=1&dlsi=1a0ca1fb10494150), Judee Sil (https://open.spotify.com/track/5rIjJkNIY3sRtjPJVOctRE?si=35e3f5277651488f&nd=1&dlsi=b1cf22f6968e47ba) Film (bioscoop): Fabula (https://iffr.com/nl/iffr/2025/films/fabula) Film (online): American Honey (https://cinetree.nl/films/american-honey) Serie (online): Brideshead Revisited (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083390/) Documentaire (online): The Gullspang Miracle (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27543992/) Kindercultuur: Maas Theater en Dans (https://www.maastd.nl/nl/), Annet Schaap (https://www.annetschaap.com/), Tonke Dragt (https://www.boekbeschrijvingen.nl/dragt-tonke/dragt.html) Heb je cultuurtips die we niet mogen missen? Mail de redactie: eenuurcultuur@vpro.nl

What We Can't Not Talk About
From Plato to Brideshead Revisited: How Beauty Shapes Us

What We Can't Not Talk About

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 50:45


In this episode, Dr. Orlandi sat down with Dr. Scott Roniger, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, to discuss beauty, love, and faith. This time, the excuse was philosophical and literary ... all at once. Dr. Roniger, a philosophy of literature scholar, was recently the author of a paper bringing together the platonic symposium and Waugh's most famous novel. Tune in to hear about charm and beauty, about educating eros, and about metaphoric and embodied ascents to truth redemption. Hopefully, Dr. Roniger will visit us in person soon too. Links: Platonic eros and catholic faith in waugh's brideshead revisited https://scholars.lmu.edu/en/publications/platonic-eros-and-catholic-faith-in-waughs-brideshead-revisited #Bridesheadrevisited #Plato #Symposium #Evelynwaugh

Een Uur Cultuur
#97 - Florian Myjer (S02)

Een Uur Cultuur

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 53:03


In deze aflevering ontvangt Inge ter Schure acteur Florian Myjer. (https://www.oostpool.nl/medewerker/florian-myjer/) Hij speelt nu in de voorstelling Brideshead Revisited. (https://dewarmewinkel.nl/voorstellingen/brideshead-revisited/) De tips van Florian: Boek: The Rise (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Rise/Sarah-Lewis/9781451629248) Tentoonstelling: Miriam Cahn (https://www.stedelijk.nl/nl/tentoonstellingen/miriam-cahn), Fragile Beauty (https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/fragile-beauty-photographs-from-the-sir-elton-john-and-david-furnish-collection?srsltid=AfmBOooOC3Sp70g0u5H00Mjpfjp4SdsBy5PAJMqWmkJsRoJczUAvsRrY) Museum: Atelier Volten (https://www.ateliervolten.nl/) Toneel: Er rent een berg voorbij, (https://allesvoordekunsten.nl/producties/er-rent-een-berg-voorbij/) The almighty sometimes (https://www.oostpool.nl/voorstellingen/the-almighty-sometimes/), Olympique Dramatique (https://toneelhuis.be/nl/makers/olympique-dramatique/) Film (bioscoop): Wicked, (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1262426/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl) Sex (https://www.cinenews.be/nl/m27770/), Queer (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24176060/) Film (online): The Zone of Interest (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7160372/) Serie (online): Echte Gooische Moeders (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21651048/) Documentaire (online): Where Dragons live (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32596655/) Heb je cultuurtips die we niet mogen missen? Mail de redactie: eenuurcultuur@vpro.nl

Opium
Het gesprek - Florian Myjer (28 november 2024)

Opium

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 15:25


Annemieke Bosman in gesprek met theatermaker Florian Myjer.  Zijn uit 2023 daterende voorstelling Brideshead Revisited toert momenteel door het land. Brideshead Revisited van theatergroep De Warme Winkel ging in juni 2023 in première op het Holland Festival en stond een maand lang stijf uitverkocht in de grote zaal van theaterbroedplaats De Sloot. De voorstelling werd geselecteerd door het Nederlands Theaterfestival als één van de meest indrukwekkende producties van het seizoen.  Na het succesvolle Lady Chatterley's Lover brengt De Warme Winkel en Myjer opnieuw een Engelse literatuurklassieker naar het theater. Florian Myjer katapulteert samen met Abke Haring Brideshead Revisited de 21e-eeuw in.

Zin van de Dag
#193 - Brideshead Revisited

Zin van de Dag

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 4:06


"O God, if there is a God, forgive him his sins, if there is such a thing as sin." - Stine laat schrijver en filosoof Rik Peels aan het woord over deze zin uit de film Bridesheads Revisited.

Lit with Charles
Vanessa Beaumont, author of "The Other Side of Paradise"

Lit with Charles

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 39:00


Today I sat down with Vanessa Beaumont, a former literary agent and novelist about her debut novel The Other Side of Paradise which follows Jean Buckman, a young American newspaper heiress, who arrives in London in the glittering 1920s, and evolves throughout the story, through personal tragedy and loss. Over the course of the story, we watch her grapple with the pressures of mid-Century society on a woman, what it means to do one's duty, and the pull of desire in the face of it all. It's kind of a Downtown Abbey meets Francis Scott Fitzgerald, with a modern feminist perspective As always, Vanessa picked the four books which have had the biggest impact on her as both a reader and a writer, and we also discussed her career trajectory. Before publishing The Other Side of Paradise, Vanessa spent 8 years as a Commissioning Editor at Short Books, and co-founded and ran a literary agency, so it was fascinating to get some insights from that. It was such a great conversation, and as always, such a pleasure talking with Vanessa. Lit with Charles loves reviews. If you enjoyed this episode, I'd be so grateful if you could leave a review of your own, and follow me on Instagram at @litwithcharles. Let's get more people listening – and reading! Vanessa Beaumont's four books were: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott (1868) The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton (1920) Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh (1945) Tender is the Night, F Scott Fitzgerald (1934)

This Cultural Life
Lee Child

This Cultural Life

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 43:33


Lee Child created his tough guy protagonist Jack Reacher, a former military policeman who roams America fighting crime, in 1997. Writing a book a year since his debut Killing Floor, Lee Child established himself as one of the most acclaimed and popular novelists in his genre, and has now sold over 100 million copies worldwide. The Reacher books have been adapted for a film starring Tom Cruise and, more recently, an Amazon Prime television series. Lee Child's latest publication, Safe Enough, is a collection of short stories. Talking to John Wilson, Child recalls his upbringing in Birmingham and how his childhood passion for reading was fuelled by frequent visits to the local library. For This Cultural Life, he chooses a Ladybird book which told the Biblical story of David and Goliath as an early inspiration, acknowledging that the giant figure of Goliath probably inspired the physique of 6'5” tall Reacher. He also remembers the impact of a book called My American Home which depicted an array of houses and apartments throughout America, the country in which Child would later live and set his novels. He also discusses how working for 18 years as a Granada television producer, overseeing the transmission of dramas including Brideshead Revisited, helped forge his understanding of storytelling. His work as a union shop steward, which brought him into conflict with management and eventually led to him being made redundant, was the catalyst for his new career as a crime novelist in the late 1990s. His debut Reacher novel, a violent tale of vengeance and rough justice was, he admits, written out of anger following his dismissal from Granada. Lee Child also chooses the 1990 movie Dances With Wolves, directed by and starring Kevin Costner, as another influence on the creation of his fictional hero Jack Reacher. Producer: Edwina PitmanArchive used: Reading from Worth Dying For by Lee Child, The Knight Errant: Lee Child - A Culture Show Special, BBC2, 20 Dec 2012 Clip from Brideshead Revisited, Granada Television, ITV, 12 October 1981 Clip from Dances with Wolves, Kevin Costner, 1990 Clip from Jack Reacher, Christopher McQuarrie, 2012

Debaser: A Film Podcast
Saltburn (2023)

Debaser: A Film Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 88:48


Will & Jared cover the polarizing and popular indie sleaze film from late last year, Emerald Fennell's SALTBURN!Is it a biting satire of the idle rich, or a tawdry take on Brideshead Revisited for the Euphoria generation? What infamous scene was, to Jared's dismay, improvised? Did anything crazy happen in the last few weeks since our most recent episode? Did we forget to mention that Barry Keoghan is in his thirties and should probably stop playing teenagers? Listen to find out!Music Credits: "Vibing Over Venus" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Cover art by @DogBitesBackNYEmail the show at podcast@debaserpod.comFollow Will on Instagram and Jared on Twitter.Follow the show on Instagram and Twitter.

The Dark Academicals
Episode 8.3: ‘Stoner' by John Williams

The Dark Academicals

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 45:14


‘Stoner' is a classic campus novel that has been on my (Sophie's TBR) for years and years - it's one of those novels that is almost universally loved. It's going to be very interesting to see the comparisons between seminal campus novels from opposite sides of the Atlantic. We've featured Evelyn Waugh's ‘Brideshead Revisited', and now it's the turn of ‘Stoner'.

Silver Screeners
Episode 142: 2008's Brideshead Revisited and 2023's Saltburn with special guest Matthew Pike

Silver Screeners

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 52:07


Two sprawling estates, two wealthy aristocratic families, and two potential usurpers. What's an affluent and dysfunctional family to do? Screenwriter and attorney Matthew Pike joins me for a lively discussion on this pair of films, one a period drama and the other, a biting, shock-laugh-inducing satire. Plus, poll results, interactive trivia, and listener shout-outs!

Catholic in a Small Town
CST 712: Justified Ineptitude

Catholic in a Small Town

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 64:58


Jude is home! The table has left the building! Kat & Jennifer go camping, Supercell is very “B”, Manhunt isn't as good as everyone says and Brideshead Revisited deserves attention.   Movies & TV: Supercell Manhunt Anatomy of a Murder Books: Brideshead Revisited   Ben's short film: Something's Out There   Other great stuff we like: Sam's Instagram Pacem in Terris Retreat Center Picnic Blanket Restoration of Christian Culture from Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey Restoration of Christian Culture PDF Spiritual Direction.com Sam's podcast: To Interview Them https://www.fatimafarm.com/ liturgical calendar from Sofia Institute Press Wyoming Catholic Gregory the Great's St. Nicholas Guild Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary Mac's Woodworking Shop   Mac's Online Woodcraft Store Mac's book! Clueless in Galilee   Please support us through Patreon Find us on our website Our libsyn page where you can find all our old episodes   Theme song by Mary Bragg.   Our other show: Spoiled! with Mac and Katherine   We use Amazon affiliate links. We may get a little kickback if you use the link above to purchase from Amazon.  

Novel Pairings
144. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Novel Pairings

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 59:38


If aesthetics, British aristocracy and nostalgia sounds like an appealing combination, Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh is the book for you. In today's episode, we talk through the key themes, relationships, Waugh's stated purpose for writing Brideshead, and we ask: is Brideshead Revisited a satire or a novel with satirical elements? Plus, today's pairings include a fantasy novel, historical fiction and a psychological thriller. If you love our extra nerdy discussion on the podcast today, we have a hunch that you would also love our Novel Pairings Patreon community. Our Patreon is a great space to take part in public scholarship and talk about books with a smart group of readers. Subscriptions start at just $5 a month, and yearly discounts are available. To learn more about our Patreon, visit patreon.com/novelpairings.   Books Mentioned: The Other Significant Others by Rhaina Cohen The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Come and Get It by Kiley Reid This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell American Gods by Neil Gaiman Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles   Also Mentioned: Downton Abbey  Brideshead Revisited Mini Series The Crown  

Novel Pairings
142. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

Novel Pairings

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 80:01


In today's episode, we're wrapping up Wharton in Winter with a conversation about The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton. We focus on Undine and question whether she's a signature unlikable heroine or an anti-hero. Our conversation also digs into the other dynamic characters, themes of motherhood, greed, marriage, business, and Edith's incredible writing. Every plot point builds to a bigger narrative in this timely classic. At the end of the episode, we share our complementary pairings , and we hope you add one to your TBR pile!    If you loved our extra nerdy discussion on the podcast today, we have even more content to enjoy over in our Novel Pairings Patreon community. Our Patreon is a great space to take part in public scholarship and talk about books with a smart, eclectic group of readers. Subscriptions start at just $5 a month, and yearly discounts are available. To learn more about our Patreon, visit patreon.com/novelpairings.   Shows Mentioned: Mad Men Breaking Bad Selling Sunset Downton Abbey   Books Mentioned: Italo Calvino Vanity Fair by William Thackeray The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald  Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset Emma by Jane Austen Free Food For Millionares by Min Jun Lee  These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz One Woman Show by Christine Coulson Wahala by Nikki May Trust by Hernan Diaz

Telly Visions: The Podcast
207: British Movies: Saltburn

Telly Visions: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 68:29


Contributor Sophie Brookover joins the ladies to discuss one of the most controversial films of this awards season: Emerald Fennell's Saltburn, a disturbing and decadent social satire draped in serious Brideshead Revisited vibes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Authority with Joseph Pearce

Delve into the life of 20th century novelist Evelyn Waugh, his loss and rediscovery of faith, and the profound influence of Catholicism on his greatest work, Brideshead Revisited. This episode weaves through Waugh's tumultuous experiences, his conversion, and concludes with his poignant death on Easter Sunday after a traditional Latin Mass, mirroring the themes of divine grace prevalent in his novels.LEARN MORE - USE COUPON CODE AUTHORITY25 FOR 25% OFF: Poems Every Catholic Should Know: https://bit.ly/3rlPDwG Poems Every Child Should Know: https://bit.ly/3NDPVqp The Genius of G.K. Chesterton: https://bit.ly/3PJKBV2 The Literary Imagination of C.S. Lewis: https://bit.ly/3PMURvU Further Up & Further In (C.S. Lewis & Narnia): https://bit.ly/3POEnmO Old Thunder (Hilaire Belloc): https://bit.ly/43gCGSm The Hidden Meaning of The Lord of the Rings: https://bit.ly/43uycaZ Shakespeare's Catholicism: https://bit.ly/46G1dTC The Authority with Joseph Pearce is a podcast from TAN that introduces you to the men and women behind history's greatest works of literature. Come along every week as we explore these renowned authors, the times and genres in which they wrote, why scholars praise their writing, and how we, as Catholics, should read and understand their works. For updates on new episodes and to support The Authority and other great free content from TAN, visit http://TheAuthorityPodcast.com/ to subscribe. Use Coupon Code AUTHORITY25 to get 25% off your next order, including books, audiobooks and video courses by Joseph Pearce on literary giants such as Tolkien, Chesterton, Lewis, Shakespeare, and Belloc, as well as TAN's extensive catalog of content from the saints and great spiritual masters to strengthen your faith and interior life. To follow Joseph and support his work, check out his blog and sign up for email updates and exclusive content at https://JPearce.co/. Thanks for listening!

More of a Comment, Really...
Anthony Willis (Saltburn)

More of a Comment, Really...

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 34:57


This week, we're catching up with one of the Oscar-shortlisted Best Score nominees -- Anthony Willis' score to Emerald Fennell's lavish, mysterious thriller Saltburn. Fennell's second directorial feature, after Promising Young Woman, is a kind of Brideshead Revisited by way of Tom Ripley and mid-2000s party culture: A mysterious young bloke named Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) follows his irrepressible attraction to fellow Oxford pretty-boy Felix (Jacob Elordi) all the way to Felix's palatial mansion, Saltburn. There, he immerses himself in the hedonistic lifestyles of the ultra-rich, all the while hoping to catch a glimmer of Felix's attention -- or does he?   Reuniting with Fennell for his second score with her, composer Anthony Willis crafts a suitably Gothic sound for her idiosyncratic class thriller. Opening with romantic strings, transitioning into classical choir, then electric pianos and additional layers and textures, Willis draws the listener in like one of Oliver's obsessions, before disrupting the film's jagged classicism with rough modern electronic textures and a sense of sweeping orchestral doom.   Today, we talk to Willis about all of that and more, including his longtime collaboration with Fennell and his early life as a chorister at Windsor Castle.   You can find Anthony Willis at his official website.   Saltburn is currently available for rental or streaming on Prime Video. You can also listen to the score on your preferred music streaming service courtesy of Milan Records.

The Brown Note Movie Review
Saltburn (2023) Film Review

The Brown Note Movie Review

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 15:18


Emerald Fennell's follow up to the outstanding debut, A Promising Young Woman, isn't as vital or brilliant, but certainly has plenty to recommend. Mainly it's pairing of Barry Keoghan and a stellar Rosamund Pike. It's an often great, if superficial and fairly meaningless collision between Brideshead Revisited and The Talented Mr. Ripley.

The Gilded Gentleman
Simon Jones (Bannister on HBO's "The Gilded Age"): In Conversation

The Gilded Gentleman

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 44:37


Carl is joined by actor Simon Jones, whose distinguished career has included King George V on "Downton Abbey", stage productions on Broadway and the West End,  and his current role as Bannister on HBO's "The Gilded Age".Simon takes us backstage as he discusses his career from his earliest roles, including in the radio drama version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and film version, his role as Brideshead in the iconic 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited", and his work with John Cleese and "the Pythons" among others.  Simon also discusses his experiences with his many well-known co-stars and colleagues over the years, including Sir Laurence Olivier, Dame Maggie Smith,  Lauren Bacall, Penelope Keith and Angela Lansbury.  In addition, Simon takes us behind the cameras and shares some fascinating insight on creating the role of Bannister on HBO's "The Gilded Age". 

New Books Network
Andrew Pettegree, "The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict" (Basic Books, 2023)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 50:52


Chairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare, books have all too often found themselves on the frontline. In The Book At War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict (Basic Books, 2023), acclaimed historian Dr. Andrew Pettegree traces the surprising ways in which written culture - from travel guides and scientific papers to Biggles and Anne Frank - has shaped, and been shaped, by the conflicts of the modern age. From the American Civil War to the invasion of Ukraine, books, authors and readers have gone to war - and in the process become both deadly weapons and our most persuasive arguments for peace. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in History
Andrew Pettegree, "The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict" (Basic Books, 2023)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 50:52


Chairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare, books have all too often found themselves on the frontline. In The Book At War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict (Basic Books, 2023), acclaimed historian Dr. Andrew Pettegree traces the surprising ways in which written culture - from travel guides and scientific papers to Biggles and Anne Frank - has shaped, and been shaped, by the conflicts of the modern age. From the American Civil War to the invasion of Ukraine, books, authors and readers have gone to war - and in the process become both deadly weapons and our most persuasive arguments for peace. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

New Books in Military History
Andrew Pettegree, "The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict" (Basic Books, 2023)

New Books in Military History

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 50:52


Chairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare, books have all too often found themselves on the frontline. In The Book At War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict (Basic Books, 2023), acclaimed historian Dr. Andrew Pettegree traces the surprising ways in which written culture - from travel guides and scientific papers to Biggles and Anne Frank - has shaped, and been shaped, by the conflicts of the modern age. From the American Civil War to the invasion of Ukraine, books, authors and readers have gone to war - and in the process become both deadly weapons and our most persuasive arguments for peace. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

New Books in Literary Studies
Andrew Pettegree, "The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict" (Basic Books, 2023)

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 50:52


Chairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare, books have all too often found themselves on the frontline. In The Book At War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict (Basic Books, 2023), acclaimed historian Dr. Andrew Pettegree traces the surprising ways in which written culture - from travel guides and scientific papers to Biggles and Anne Frank - has shaped, and been shaped, by the conflicts of the modern age. From the American Civil War to the invasion of Ukraine, books, authors and readers have gone to war - and in the process become both deadly weapons and our most persuasive arguments for peace. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

New Books in Communications
Andrew Pettegree, "The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict" (Basic Books, 2023)

New Books in Communications

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 50:52


Chairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare, books have all too often found themselves on the frontline. In The Book At War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict (Basic Books, 2023), acclaimed historian Dr. Andrew Pettegree traces the surprising ways in which written culture - from travel guides and scientific papers to Biggles and Anne Frank - has shaped, and been shaped, by the conflicts of the modern age. From the American Civil War to the invasion of Ukraine, books, authors and readers have gone to war - and in the process become both deadly weapons and our most persuasive arguments for peace. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

This Had Oscar Buzz
265 – Brideshead Revisited

This Had Oscar Buzz

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 150:28


We all know that Oscar fawns over costume dramas of literary adaptations… or so we tell ourselves when forming predictions and one with a whiff of prestige arrives. In 2008, director Julian Jerrold delivered a new adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited with an up-and-coming young cast paired with Dame Emma Thompson as the devoutly religious Lady … Continue reading "265 – Brideshead Revisited"

Please Explain
The Drop: Is Saltburn the most divisive film of the year? Plus, the best (and weirdest) show on TV right now

Please Explain

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 74:18


Saltburn, the dark psychological thriller starring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi, is the second feature film from writer/director Emerald Fennell after her Oscar-nominated debut, Promising Young Women. It's one of the most divisive films of the year, with some critics describing it as a funny, sharp satire of the rich while others have dismissed it as derivative and messy. Osman, Thomas and Mel review the film (spoiler-free) and discuss the most controversial moments, what works and what doesn't, and how it compares to classics like Brideshead Revisited and The Talented Mr Ripley. Then they talk about the second episode of The Curse, which is fast becoming one of the best and strangest shows of the year. Plus, the latest season of The Crown and Jim Chalmers' obsession with 90s hip-hop.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Please Explain
The Drop: Is Saltburn the most divisive film of the year? Plus, the best (and weirdest) show on TV right now

Please Explain

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 74:18


Saltburn, the dark psychological thriller starring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi, is the second feature film from writer/director Emerald Fennell after her Oscar-nominated debut, Promising Young Women. It's one of the most divisive films of the year, with some critics describing it as a funny, sharp satire of the rich while others have dismissed it as derivative and messy. Osman, Thomas and Mel review the film (spoiler-free) and discuss the most controversial moments, what works and what doesn't, and how it compares to classics like Brideshead Revisited and The Talented Mr Ripley. Then they talk about the second episode of The Curse, which is fast becoming one of the best and strangest shows of the year. Plus, the latest season of The Crown and Jim Chalmers' obsession with 90s hip-hop.Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RNZ: At The Movies
At the Movies for 22 November 2023

RNZ: At The Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 22:22


Simon Morris looks at three films that all revisit familiar ideas - a prequel to a popular franchise, a horror film inspired by a joke trailer and a modern day take on the English upper classes of Downton Abbey and Brideshead Revisited. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the prequel to the popular series, sees the young Coriolanus Snow fall in love with a Tribute - one of the contestants in the lethal Games. Stars Rachel Zegler (West Side Story), Tom Blyth (TV's The Gilded Age) and Viola Davis (The Woman King). Saltburn finds a penniless student invited to the country house of the aristocratic Catton family. Starring Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin), Rosamund Pike (Gone girl) and Archie Madekwe (Gran Turismo), it's written and directed by Emerald Fennell (Promising young woman). And Thanksgiving is a horror film that started out as a parody Grindhouse trailer before turning in to the real thing. Starring Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy), it's directed by Eli Roth (Hostel).

Betrouwbare Bronnen
363 - Extra zomeraflevering: PG tipt boeken!

Betrouwbare Bronnen

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 107:32


We zetten een traditie voort. Elke zomer behandelen Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger een serie boeiende en interessante boeken die ook voor het komende podcast-seizoen veel inspiratie bieden voor verdieping, inzicht en uitzicht.***Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show!Heeft u belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend een mailtje naar adverteren@dagennacht.nlOp sommige podcast-apps kun je niet alles lezen. De complete tekst vind je altijd hier***00:03:05Als eerste De Reynaert, leven met een middeleeuws meesterwerk door Frits van Oostrom. Een meesterwerk van de grote kenner van onze middeleeuwse letterkunde. En hóe actueel. Het verhaal van de slimme vos is in het Oekraïne van vandaag warempel een opbeurend kinderboek en kent ook in vele andere talen navolging. Goethe was er zo verrukt van dat hij zijn eigen variant schreef! PG benadrukt het door en door politieke karakter van dit klassieke dierenepos. In de kern is het een verfijnd opgebouwd geheel van intriges in het politieke centrum van het dierenrijk, het hof van de leeuw Koning Nobel. En het schildert een wrede, normloze wereld waarin bedrog, geweld en humor strijden om de aandacht van de luisteraar. De Reynaert is onze poëtische Machiavelli, eeuwen voor de Italiaanse topambtenaar Il Principe schreef.00:24:48Het tweede boek is heel anders. De eerste moderne geschiedenis van de DDR. Katja Hoyer schreef Diesseits der Mauer, eine neue Geschichte der DDR 1949-1990 (ook uitgegeven als Achter de Muur. Oost-Duitsland 1949 – 1990. Een rijk boek vol onverwachte blikken in de binnenwereld van een gruwelijke dictatuur waarin iedereen probeerde toch nog iets te maken van zijn leven. Aandacht daarom ook voor de zeer verschillende reacties op dit boek, want Hoyer kreeg in Duitsland de wind van voren. PG verwacht dat over enkele jaren een boek zal verschijnen over hoe men in 2022-2023 dit boek las en interpreteerde. Want dat is op zichzelf een deel van de geschiedenis van het Duitse zelfbeeld.00:46:37Het derde boek is Who Dares Wins, Britain 1979-1982. Het is het slot van een meeslepende reeks boeken van Dominic Sandbrook over de Britse cultuur en politiek van de Suezcrisis in 1956 tot de Falklandoorlog in 1982. Van de ondergang van een Empire, een culturele revolutie van jongeren en popmuziek tot de eerste vrouw als premier in Number 10. Dit laatste deel gaat over die jaren van Maggie, van het plotselinge succes van Brideshead Revisited en een heftige strijd om de ziel van de natie. 00:58:39Het vierde boek is voor PG een van de belangrijkste die hij in jaren heeft gelezen. Karl Schlögel schreef zijn magnum opus Das Sowjetische Jahrhundert, archäologie einer untergegangener Welt (ook uitgegeven als The Soviet Century, Archaeology of a Lost World). Hij schildert daarin de cultuur, politiek en samenleving van die verdwenen supermacht. Van Stalins kookboek tot het crematoruim van Moskou. Hoe de Goelagarchipel in wezen een groot sociaal en educatief experiment was met 'de Nieuwe Mens', dat door kunstenaars gevierd moest worden als groot cultureel fenomeen.01:15:40Het vijfde boek behandelt maar liefst tien eeuwen van Europa: Dan Jones, Powers and Thrones, a new history of the Middle Ages (ook uitgegeven als Van Rome tot Rome, een nieuwe geschiedenis van de middeleeuwen). Zijn Middeleeuwen zijn geen duister en barbaarse tijd, maar eeuwen van globalisering en culturele connecties en conflicten. Met de Islam, met de Mongoolse imperia, met pandemieën en de grootse cultuur van een Europa dat met het Latijn een taal had waarin over heel het continent gecommuniceerd werd. We ontmoeten Herman de Lamme, een ernstig gehandicapte jongen, die op het eiland Reichenau in de Bodensee uitgroeit tot een geleerde met eeuwenlang invloed.01:25:49Tot slot keren we terug bij de Britse historicus Andrew Roberts, al eerder gast in Betrouwbare Bronnen met zijn meesterwerk over Churchill. Ook zijn nieuwste biografie is er een van de buitencategorie: George III, The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch (ook uitgegeven als George III, het leven van de meest onbegrepen koning van Engeland). Over een tragische man wiens reputatie in bijna elk opzicht onverdiend blijkt.George III zat 60 jaar op de troon, langer dan enig andere vorst in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. En dat was tussen 1760 en 1820 in decennia van ongekende omwentelingen in elk aspect van leven, denken en politiek. Tijdgenoot van Goethe, Napoleon, Washington, Catharina de Grote, Adam Smith, Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke en de Humboldt broers. Zijn impact op de Britse politiek en samenleving was groot. Als mens was hij beminnelijk, kwetsbaar en verrassend. Zijn muzikaliteit zorgde er voor dat Händel de nationale componist der Britten werd. En zelfs dat had een verfijnd politiek tintje. Hallelujah!01:47:32 Einde***Eerdere boekenspecials:317 - Extra winteraflevering: PG tipt boeken!286 - Extra zomeraflevering: PG tipt boeken!269 - Vijf boeken die je moet lezen om Europa beter te begrijpen259 - Boeken over Rusland - juist nu lezen en begrijpen207 - Zomer 2021: Boekentips van PG! Met oa de biografie van Händel133 - Amerikaanse presidenten: boeken die je volgens PG móet lezen!99 - Zomer 2020: Boekentips van PG!En we verwijzen in deze aflevering ook naar43 - Het Binnenhof, een eeuwenoud ratjetoe***Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

RCSpirituality
Brideshead Revisited and Divine Grace

RCSpirituality

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 29:16


In this episode, Fr John Bender and Fr John Pietropaoli discuss Brideshead Revisited, a novel set in the time period prior to WWll. The fathers take you through the twists and turns of the plot teasing out the lessons of divine grace and redemption from the varied characters who make choices that bring pain and separation in their lives despite the fact they are Catholic. To find this show and many others check out the Catholic Perspective on www.RCSpirituality.org.

As the Actress said to the Critic
Before and after Brideshead- ft Diana Quick - part two on women and great roles

As the Actress said to the Critic

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 35:43


Nancy and Sarah continue their conversation with the award-winning actress Diana Quick about her career beyond Brideshead Revisited, in which she went from playing alluring women, to women with nervous breakdowns to bonking grannies. She talks about her favourite roles, the importance of children to art, and why the most interesting parts are often monsters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Thomistic Institute
The Influence of Virgil and St. Augustine on Waugh's Brideshead Revisited | Prof. Patrick Callahan

The Thomistic Institute

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 68:34


This lecture was given on April 27th, 2023 at Georgetown University. For more information on upcoming events, please visit our website: thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events Speaker Bio: Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as Assistant Professor of English & Humanities at St. Gregory the Great Seminary. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Dallas and his graduate work at Fordham University in Classical Philology. While his doctoral work focused on ancient Greek commentaries to the lyric poet Pindar, his recent work focuses on early Jesuit Latin texts.

As the Actress said to the Critic
Before and after Brideshead - ft Diana Quick - part one

As the Actress said to the Critic

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 44:56


Nancy and Sarah quiz Diana Quick about her career, which began when she was a student and is still going strong. She has paved the way for so many women, but her most famous role remains that of Julia Flyte in Granada's legendary television version of Brideshead Revisited. That's where our conversation begins. It goes on to take in life as an actress in the 1960s, singing a weekly song on TV, starring in Ridley Scott's first film, why Albert Finney had the right attitude to work - and what it was like being called the most beautiful woman in the world. Part Two next week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oh! What a lovely podcast
38 - In Memoriam

Oh! What a lovely podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2023 45:34


What do you get when you cross Journey's End with Brideshead Revisited? This month Angus, Chris and Jessica review Alice Winn's best-selling new novel, In Memoriam. The book follows  Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood from public school and through the war. Half-German, Gaunt's mother asks him to enlist in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks. He signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him into the horrors of trenches. Though Ellwood and Gaunt find fleeting moments of solace in one another, their friends are dying in front of them, and at any moment they could be next. Along the way we discuss class, conscription and the difficulties of describing the boredom and violence of war in popular fiction. References1917 (2019) A.J. Evans, The Escaping ClubAlfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A. H. H (1850) Alice Winn, In Memoriam (2023) All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) Charles Carrington, A Subaltern's WarErnst Younger, Storm of Steel (1929) Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited Ian Isherwood, Remembering the Great War (2017) In Memoriam by Alice Winn review, The Guardian (12 March 2023) Justin Fantauzzo and Robert L. Nelson (2016), 'A Most Unmanly War: British Military Masculinity in Macedonia, Mesopotamia and Palestine, 1914-18', Gender & History 28(3): 587-603, DOI: 10.1111/1468-0424.12240 Second Lieutenant Kenneth Macardle Heartstopper (2022) Max Plowman, A Subaltern on the SommePat Barker, Regeneration Trilogy (1991-1995) Peaky Blinders RC Sherriff, Journey's End (1928) Rupert Brookes, Goodbye to All That (1929) Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (1929) Star Trek Stephen Fry, The LiarThe Gallows Pole (2023) The Great Escape (1963) The History Boys (2006) This is Spinal Tap (1984) This Is the Week That Was Pat Barker, Regeneration Trilogy (1991-1995)

PepTalk
#131 | PepTalk & Friends in Levende Live - Carice van Houten en Jurrian van Dongen

PepTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 86:04


Pepijn mocht de podcast opnemen met publiek in Theater Bellevue in Amsterdam. Op een snikhete middag betrad hij samen met Carice van Houten en Jurrian van Dongen het podium om te praten over waar in deze tijd van crises nog de mooie dingen te vinden zijn. Actrice Carice en liedtekstschrijver Jurrian helpen Pepijn met wat hij moet doen als hij woedend zijn gore straat aan het vegen is. Verder hebben ze het over de arrestatie van Carice, de taakjes in het leven van Jurrian en natuurlijk zingt Pepijn een mopje, namelijk de nummers Waar De Rest Begon en Zullen Wij Maar. Beide geschreven door Jurrian van Dongen.Klik hier voor de voorstelling Brideshead Revisited van De Warme WinkelEn bezoek ENTER in Frascati 21 t/m 24 juniWil je adverteren in PepTalk? Mail dan naar peptalk@pepijnschoneveld.nl❤️ PepTalk op Insta

The Thomistic Institute
The Influence of Virgil and St. Augustine on Brideshead Revisited | Prof. Patrick Callahan

The Thomistic Institute

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 57:08


This talk was given on April 27th, 2023 at Georgetown University. For more information please visit thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Patrick Callahan is director of the Newman Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as Assistant Professor of English & Humanities at St. Gregory the Great Seminary. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Dallas and his graduate work at Fordham University in Classical Philology. While his doctoral work focused on ancient Greek commentaries to the lyric poet Pindar, his recent work focuses on early Jesuit Latin texts.

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
WOF 380: The Evangelical Power of Beauty

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 53:15


In his keynote talk at the 2022 Good News Conference, Bishop Barron speaks on the evangelical power of beauty in the Catholic tradition. True beauty leads by steady steps to the ultimate source of beauty, Christ. To evangelize, we can show the Sistine Chapel or Chartres Cathedral; show someone how to read Brideshead Revisited, the stories of Flannery O'Connor, or the poetry of T.S. Eliot; listen to Beethoven's “Seventh Symphony.” This great tradition of beauty has the power to draw people in. Links Good News Conference NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a patron and get some great perks for helping, like free books, bonus content, and more. Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners…like you! So be part of this mission, and join us today!  

On the Same Page
Ep 72. ”Brideshead Revisited” by Evelyn Waugh

On the Same Page

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 74:56


To follow and support us, click here: https://onthesamepagepage.wordpress.com   More than 75 years since its publication and the themes of change and memory in “Brideshead Revisited” remain as bittersweet and reflective as ever. Evelyn Waugh's seventh and certainly most famous novel is, as a reading experience, more like a baroque building than a book. One does not so much read “Brideshead Revisited” as enter it. We wander its dynastic halls and marvel at its dynamic details, but most of all we seek out its inhabitants, that eclectic cast of characters. And yet, perhaps what is most enduring about “Brideshead” is that it pays revisiting; like its great themes, each reading renovates our memory and reveals the underlying truth that change “is the only evidence of life.” Some of the books and authors discussed in this episode include: “Brideshead Revisited” by Evelyn Waugh “Play is as it Lays” by Joan Didion “Ghana Must Go” by Taiye Selasi Additional segments throughout the podcast include: Inner Shelf Fact or fiction What are you reading? On that Quote Apple Podcast: https://lnkd.in/gF2zVhQT Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gTHtxVh5 Podbean: https://onthesamepagepodcast.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesamepagepod_ Email: seamusandblake@gmail.com  IG: https://www.instagram.com/on.the.same.page.podcast/  -------- #bookpodcast #podcast #book #novel #stories #shortstories #apassagenorth #anukaradpragasm #tolstoy #poetry #shortstoryskirmish #litfacts #paris #literature #books #novels #salmonrushdie #spotifypodcasts #applepodcasts #audible #samsungpodcasts #books #novels #audibleau #lit #onthesamepage #whatareyoureading #literaryfacts #podbean #whatareyoureading

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition
Central Park Five + From Retail to Eternity

Desperately Seeking the '80s: NY Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 46:30


Meg tracks the events of the evening of April 19th, 1989 when Trisha Meili jogged into Central Park. Part 1 of 2. Jessica tells of the meteoric rise and all too brief career of fashion icon Perry Ellis.Please check out our website, follow us on Instagram, on Facebook, and...WRITE US A REVIEW HEREWe'd LOVE to hear from you! Let us know if you have any ideas for stories HEREThank you for listening!Love,Meg and Jessica

Pints with Chesterton
Episode 35: Brideshead Revisited

Pints with Chesterton

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 45:11


Marie is joined by her friend Mandy to discuss their current bookclub reading, "Brideshead Revisited".

Last Word
Christine McVie, Jiang Zemin, Derek Granger

Last Word

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 28:04


Matthew Bannister on Christine McVie who wrote some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits and was a key player in the turbulent history of the band. Jiang Zemin, who became Chinese President after the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square and presided over the opening up of the country's economy. Derek Granger, the TV and film producer best known for the acclaimed adaptation of Brideshead Revisited. Producer: Neil George Interviewed guest: Tim Sullivan Interviewed guest: Isabel Hilton Interviewed guest: Matt O'Casey Interviewed guest: Anthony Andrews

Risking Enchantment
Beauty in Brideshead Revisited: The Holy and the Hedonistic

Risking Enchantment

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 88:13


‘But my dear Sebastian, you can't seriously believe it all' ‘Can't I?' ‘I mean about Christmas and the star and the three kings and the ox and the ass.' ‘Oh yes, I believe that. It's a lovely idea.' ‘But you can't believe things because they're a lovely idea.' ‘But I do. That's how I believe.' Brideshead Revisited   Risking Enchantment returns for its autumn/winter season. As promised our first episode back is about Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. We discuss the novel in terms of its theme of the idolization of beauty, and look at how beauty both pulls characters away from God and draws them close to Him. We compare Sebastian's childlike and childish approach to beauty and life, with Charles' devotion but ultimately superficial love of beauty and art. At the heart of the discussion is Waugh's self-proclaimed theme of the operation of divine grace, and how beauty provides an opportunity for this grace to be received.   Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson Follow me on social media: @seekingwatson Follow the podcast on Instagram: @riskingenchantmentpodcast Find out more at www.rachelsherlock.com Sign up for our email list at www.rachelsherlock.com/podcast   Worked Referenced Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Brideshead Revisited (TV mini series, 1981) Scoop by Evelyn Waugh “A Twitch upon the Thread: Grace in Brideshead Revisited” by Annesley Anderson “Brideshead Revisited During Lent” by Patrick Tomassi “The rejection of beauty in Waugh's Brideshead Revisited” by Laura White “From Arcadia to Ascesis: the necessary loss of pleasure in Brideshead Revisited” by Joanna Bratten The Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot   What We're Enjoying at the Moment Rachel: Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome Phoebe: The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge

Seemingly Ordinary
101. Lindsey Weishar on Books

Seemingly Ordinary

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 82:16


Join Lindsey as she discusses books that changed her life, including "The Scapegoat," "Brideshead Revisited," O Pioneers!", "Persuasion," "And There Was Light: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II.," and "Anna Karenina." Bonus! Lindsey discusses the weird, hilarious poem that is "TThe Love-Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."(This episode was recorded in 2020.)

Book Fare
Ep 28- Season 2 Launches! What did you do this summer? What did you read?

Book Fare

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 41:51


We're back! Join us as we tell all the wild and wooly tales of our summers PLUS Summer Reading and some hints at what's coming in Season 2! #summerreading #summerhappenings #fallishere Books Mentioned in this episode: Brideshead Revisited by E Waugh Washington: A Life by R Chernow Anna Karenina by L Tolstoy A Month in the Country by JL Carr The Yearling by MK Rawlings The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer Beowulf translation by Seamus Heaney Howl's Moving Castle by DW Jones The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson

Current Affairs
Oxford and the Making of the British Ruling Class

Current Affairs

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 38:42


Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper's book Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK argues that in order to understand how power works in the UK, you have to examine Oxford University, where most of its prime ministers are educated. The university has long functioned as the springboard to power for aspiring UK politicians, and Kuper takes us inside this insidious clubhouse, delivering a "searing critique of the British ruling class." Kuper argues that Brexit, far from being a "populist" revolt, would not have been possible without Oxford-educated Tory elites who were in search of a grand political project. Kuper discusses the disturbingly reactionary culture of the Oxford that nurtured Boris Johnson (as well as its low intellectual standards), and explains why—although certain improvements have been made—he believes the university should stop teaching undergrads altogether in order to diversity the pool of backgrounds of those who end up in British politics. The clip at the beginning is taken from the 1981 Granada Television adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, which Kuper says many Oxford students in Thatcher-era Britain watched and consciously tried to emulate. The Guardian's review of Chums is here. Nathan's own article on the life and career of Boris Johnson is here.  

The Literary Life Podcast
Episode 130: "The Enchanted April" Film Adaptations

The Literary Life Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 97:23 Very Popular


Our Literary Life podcast hosts are back this week, along with Atlee Northmore, to wrap up their discussion of The Enchanted April with some thoughts on the various film adaptations of this enchanting book. After expanding on their commonplace quotes, Angelina, Cindy, Thomas and Atlee start the film talk with the “dreadful” 1935 RKO version. Then they move on to dig in to how Enchanted April was and brought to the big screen in 1991 and why it worked so well as an adaptation of the novel. Our next book will be The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham, starting May 17th, so be sure to join us for that as well! Cindy's 2022 Morning Time for Moms Summer Discipleship group is now open for registration. The theme this year is “Laughter and Lament.” Head over to morningtimeformoms.com to find out more and sign up! Thomas will be teaching an introductory course on Russian Literature in July 2022. Learn more and register at houseofhumaneletters.com. Commonplace Quotes: No matter how much experience we may gather in life, we can never in life get the dimension of experience that the imagination gives us. Only the arts and sciences can do that; and of these, only literature gives us the whole sweep and range of human imagination as it sees itself. It seems to be very difficult for many people to understand the reality and intensity of literary experience. Northrop Frye Education is always an individual endeavor. In terms of a future renewal, much of it will depend on a commitment to individualism, something that has been much maligned in recent years. We hear so much trendy, tedious talk about how bad individualism is and how we need to think in terms of “the group.” The problem is that the group usually offers conformity, not genuine community. Morris Berman And yet, we are still being taught that fairy tales and myths are to be discarded as soon as we are old enough to understand “reality.” I received a disturbed and angry letter from a young mother who told me that a friend of hers with young children gave them only instructive books. She wasn't going to allow their minds to be polluted with fairy tales. They were going to be taught the “real world.” This attitude is a victory for the powers of this world. A friend of mine, a fine storyteller, remarked to me, “Jesus was not a theologian. He was a God Who told stories.” Yes, God Who told stories. Madeleine L'Engle The general fate of sects is to obtain a high reputation for sanctity while they are oppressed, and to lose it as soon as they become powerful. Thomas Macaulay To Italy by Percy Shelley As the sunrise to the night, As the north wind to the clouds, As the earthquake's fiery flight, Ruining mountain solitudes, Everlasting Italy, Be those hopes and fears on thee. Book List: The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim The Educated Imagination by Northrop Frye The Twilight of American Culture by Morris Berman Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle The History of England by Thomas Macaulay Tea with the Dames documentary Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: You can find Angelina and Thomas at HouseofHumaneLetters.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at morningtimeformoms.com, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/. Check out Cindy's own Patreon page also! Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let's get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

The Gilded Gentleman
Castle Howard to Highclere: Treasures of the English Country House.

The Gilded Gentleman

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 34:53 Very Popular


XV. For fans of the great period television and film dramas Downton Abbey and Brideshead Revisited (among many others), one of the great pleasures is seeing the grand, sumptuous, imposing interiors of some of England's greatest homes used as stage sets in the drama.  This week's episode features Nick Dawes, master specialist and appraiser seen regularly on "Antiques Roadshow" who shares some insight into the decorative arts collections of some of these fictitious as well as some very real families.  Visit the Gilded Gentleman website for more information.