Glee-singing competition
There is something a little dated about this description of someone's clothing, but I liked the 'glee-singing competition'.  I had...
Like the pigeons in St Mark’s
An unusual way to capture ever-present memories, likening them to pigeons underfoot in the Piazza San Marco, cooing and strutting...
Wine-tasting à l’aristocrat
One of the charms of Brideshead is the free run the two young men occasionally enjoy of this vast, rambling...
Long range planning
When I look at old or ancient things which we still cherish, I sometimes ask what we are creating today...
All-seeing eyes
A fictitious dedication in the novel, imbuing its artist-narrator with an almost godly omnivision, although he doesn't portray himself as...
The fermentation of fear
A great metaphor for the way fear can bubble and multiply, bringing to the surface appalling images. What's the antidote? ...
Bun-faced man
Bland and bun-faced isn't a winning combination, even before he imposes his cricket-talk on people who don't share his enthusiasm.
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Snow-bound lama
This caught my eye as it feels a little surprising as a follow on to someone's being described as a...
Jackal-haunted nights
Elsewhere, Ryder describes 'hag-ridden nights', the night being where dangers lurk, real or imagined. May you be...
The power of a name
One of the finest devices of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited is the flashback from present war to past Arcadia. When...
The root of all wisdom
This is surely the crux of Brideshead Revisited and its most arresting, limpid quotation. It comes quite early in the...
Joy as flaring kingfisher
A marvelous metaphor this, the piercing joy of seeing a darting kingfisher. May you experience many such kingfisher-flaring moments.
And...
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