<div><p><em class="bold">Lucky Jim, by Kingsley Amis</em></p><p>Ineffectual academic Jim Dixon must give a lecture on "Merrie England" to local dignitaries. He nervously gulps whisky before he takes the stage and disaster is ensured. As he reads his lecture he finds himself ...

<div><p> When I hear the words Brideshead Revisited I have a Pavlovian response. First I hear a lone horn playing a nostalgic theme tune. Then I see images of stately homes and the spires of Oxford. Finally I swoon as I remember the ever so young and beautiful Anthony Andrews and Jeremy Irons romping around ...

<div><p>Evelyn Waugh, who liked neither medium, has been better served by television than by the cinema. The 11-part 1981 Brideshead is a landmark in TV history, there's been a decent version of Scoop and two shots at his greatest work, the Sword of Honour trilogy, the first one (adapted by Giles Cooper and ...

<div><p>And the award for most words crammed into one short theatrical trailer goes to... </p><p><em class="bold">BRIDESHEAD REVISITED</em> !!!</p><p>That's right. For in a creative profession where a million trailer-makers have fought long and hard for ...