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The Exiles of Faloo

... English turf. There was but one man in the club who was not wanted by the police, yet at their tables, adorned by giant asparagus and other luxuries, rebellion never showed its head. But the native King, by whose help they reared this orderly refuge, ...

Published: Wednesday 04 May 1910
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 278 | Page: 54 | Tags: Review 

ENTERTAINMENTS

... well as feed can take exercise on the stage, in very close formation. Meanwhile, the asparagus has arrived and the backward tilt of the head, as practised for asparagus dipped in melted butter, is convenient for observing a mix ture of fine phantoms and ...

Published: Wednesday 29 April 1936
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 741 | Page: 25 | Tags: Review 

THE MENU: SOME DISHES SUITABLE FOR SUMMER-TIME; Spinach Soup

... Salad Fill a border mould with aspic jelly (coloured red with a little cliochineal) and various cooked vegetables, peas, V asparagus points, French beans, etc., arranging them taste fully then put it on the ice to set. Take the remains of cold salmon and ...

Published: Wednesday 24 June 1908
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 516 | Page: 60 | Tags: Review 

Books

... the Maginot Line during the long winter wait. He is seized with the desire to plant sweet peas in the maze of anti-tank asparagus beds. It becomes a passion and one night he sets out to do so. And the great offensive catches him in no-man's-land. Between ...

Published: Friday 01 May 1942
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1233 | Page: 64 | Tags: Review 

The Bystander Bookshelf: England's Pleasant Land

... setting is a West Country village. We see the everyday life of the village in pro gress the market gardener at work among his asparagus, the bee-keeper in his apiary, Fred Dell the carpenter at his mysterious digging in the churchyard, Miss Brett, the postmistress ...

Published: Wednesday 18 August 1937
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1210 | Page: 28 | Tags: Review 

THE CINEMA: A Sea-coast in Bohemia

... stars who get filmed in colour any process whatsoever- I see nothing but cabbage, prune, mackerel, melon, tea, cocoa and asparagus. Last in the programme is the information that it took Robert Montgomery two weeks of really hard work to master the art ...

Published: Wednesday 22 July 1936
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1264 | Page: 8 | Tags: Review 

THE CINEMA: Tuppence Coloured

... in terms of abstract beauty. That ballet-fan is an ass who insists that the dancer is saying My aunt has swallowed the asparagus tongs. Will nobody run for the doctor He could, however, be right if he said My dear fellow, this may not be a logical, but ...

Published: Wednesday 24 July 1935
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1277 | Page: 8 | Tags: Review 

THE CINEMA: Mistaken Kindness

... anybody and everybody connected with the film industry. .The gourmet does not want to see the beds from which his oysters and asparagus are taken, and as a guest the last thing I want to do before sitting down to a Lucullan feast is to be shown round the kitchens ...

Published: Wednesday 23 August 1933
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1383 | Page: 8 | Tags: Review 

THE CINEMA: Bengal Lancer

... If one has, one should be on one's way home for a labourer's kipper, a middle-class high tea, or the ortolans and early asparagus of the expensive classes. If one isn't one of the world's workers, then six o'clock is the hour when one's man, waking one ...

Published: Wednesday 13 February 1935
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1350 | Page: 8 | Tags: Review 

THEATRES OF WARTIME LONDON: No. 3. LIGHTS UP! AT THE SAVOY THEATRE

... -Volatile Princesse Ida. Laura's heart leapt up, not only because she was very fond of that delicious concoction of chicken and asparagus tips, but because Bill had remembered. It even made up for Elsie being tiresome over having champagne and patting Bill's ...

Published: Wednesday 01 May 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1061 | Page: 14 | Tags: Review 

PLAYS: Opera and Sir Thomas Beecham at Covent Garden: A Dull Revue; A Disappointing Ballerina: A Revealing Film

... like a scalded cat. But for a compere in this type of entertainment it comes in useful. This is the season of the year when asparagus and solo dancers alike become plentiful. The latter give matinees, and have a faithful and enthusiastic following. Another ...

Published: Saturday 21 May 1932
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1868 | Page: 29 | Tags: Review