REVIEWING Evelyn Waugh's ''Brideshead Revisited'' in 1946, Edmund Wilson found himself ''cruelly disappointed.'' After a promising start, he wrote, Waugh abandoned his usual comic motif for a ''mere romantic fantasy,'' shot through with ''shameless and rampant'' snobbery and characters both ''implausible and tiresome.'' Legions of public television...
There have been reports of hurt feelings among the bankers and brokers who have been the focus of public ire and Occupy Wall Street protests. And it is true that those poor, hard-working souls have been demonized and caricatured. Surely the much-reviled 1 percent does not consist of plutocrats in top hats or predators in blue suits, but of human...
ON the day that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, shattering confidence in the banking system and sending the stock market into a tailspin, the trading floor at the firm's Midtown Manhattan headquarters appeared surprisingly calm. Bankers conferred in whispers; some quietly fiddled with résumés. The only obvious signs of tumult were the...
Jeremy Irons (født 19. september 1948) er en engelsk skuespiller. Han har vundet en Oscar for bedste mandlige hovedrolle, en Tony Award, to Emmy Awards, to Golden Globe awards og en Screen Actors Guild Award.
Han startede som skuespiller i et teater. Senere begyndte han at få roller i diverse TV-serier, og blev særligt populær efter sin rolle i Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited fra 1981. Han fik samme år også rolle i filmen Den franske løjtnants kvinde, hvor han spiller overfor Meryl Streep.
Han er gift med den irske skuespillerinde Sinéad Cusack, som han har to børn med.