Friday 30 August 2024

CASTLE HOWARD REVISITED

Mentioning Evelyn Waugh in the previous post reminded me of our visit to Castle Howard in Yorkshire a few years ago.

This was the setting for the television series and later film of Waugh's Brideshead Revisited which, if you've never read the novel or seen the dramatisations, I recommend that you do.






Ancestral wealth is odious given that the accumulation is based on various forms of theft, subjugation, colonisation, slavery and oppression but ... like my appreciation of the architecture in Christianity, the remaining iconic buildings are stunning and long may they be preserved.

Here's a link to an older post of mine:

10 comments:

Richard (of RBB) said...

Boring.

Richard (of RBB) said...

Yawn.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

This from the guy who posts on doing 100 days of violin practice.
Give us a break.

Richard (of RBB) said...

What? Your arm or your leg?

Robert the sinner said...

Ha ha that's you. I didn't recognize you the first time around and thought it was the owner. It's very special to have seen it in person. Seems kind of odd to see a stained glass window that's not a depiction of a scriptural scene.

Robert the sinner said...

Is that the not so 'old girl' on the steps?

THE CURMUDGEON said...

Yes, that’s her pretending she owns the place.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

You would have loved the chapel. It’s beautiful and Catholic.

Richard (of RBB) said...

Had another look. Still boring.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

Yes, literature, arts and the finer things in life didn't feature a lot in the 'G' classes at school.