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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS

... Ill ll l.l MHAMII LONIMIN NEWS. THERE'S A WEALTH OF ENTERTAINMENT IN INSIDE KNOWLEDGE A large number of the informative dia grammatic drawings, chiefly by that well-known artist G. H. Davis, which have been published from time to time in , are now available in collected form in a special 32-page publi cation entitled INSIDE KNOWLEDGE. This will appeal to all who want to know the inner ...

Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 199 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

MAKING THE MOST OF WARTIME FOOD

... . By X. MARCEL BOULESTIN. THIS is not an age of good carvers, yet carving is an art which, these days, would serve a useful purpose, since an ex pert can make a bird look much bigger than it really is. Some people are born that way, so to speak. I knew a man (we were billeted in his house in Flanders during the other war) who had that gift about wines. He had kept the habit of pouring out to ...

Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1047 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE LITERARY LOUNGER

... . By L. P. HARTLEY. HAZLITT called a book of essays The Spirit of the Age, and I suppose that in the past Ages had a Spirit. The Victorian Age, the Elizabethan Age: if one invokes them a kind of entity detaches itself from the mist, fashioned, no doubt, in accord ance with the limitations of one's knowledge, but, could it be transferred entire to another's mind, recognisable as being, ...

Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2239 | Page: Page 24, 26 | Tags: Illustrations 

BROWNING ON BRIDGE: DCCCXL: BACKWARD AND FORWARD PARTNERS

... BROWNING ON BRIDGE: DCCCXL. BACKWARD AND FORWARD PARTNERS. YOU all know the player whose bids are sound-- You can always trust my bidding, partner kind of player. A very trying fellow; difficult to play with, for his bids are so sound and trustworthy that he invariably throws the bidding back across the table, leaving his unfortunate partner to make a lucky guess at the best final contract. ...

Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 526 | Page: Page 34 | Tags: Illustrations 

Barling

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Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 98 | Page: Page 34 | Tags: Illustrations 

Covers

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Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 36 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

Advertisements

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Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 257 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE BRISTLEWOODS SEE IT THROUGH

... . Mr Rristlrwood urevares to take the part of Hitler in the Amateur Dramatic Club's spring revue. DRAWN BY FRANK REYNOLDS. ...

Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 25 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

CABARETS OF WARTIME LONDON: No. 6. THE COCONUT GROVE

... CABARETS OF WARTIME LONDON. By THEODORA BENSON and BETTY ASKWITH, Authors of Foreigners or the World in a Nutshell. No. 6. THE COCONUT GROVE. AND now where? asked Tim. Laura hesi tated. She was tired, she had a headache, but he had come all the way up from Devonport to take her out. and if he wanted to go on Besides, she didn't want the evening to end quite yet, either. What do you ...

Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1055 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE UBIQUITOUS WINSTON: INHUMAN CONSPIRACY, WORKED OUT BY THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, TO KIDNAP GOERING'S BABY

... . According to Nasi belief, there are no lengths to tchiclt Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, icould not go to annoy, attack, or vilify the Germans. Here Mr. W. Heath Robinson has recorded Mr. Churchill's latest conspiracy against the Party, tchich takes the form of a dastardly attempt to kidnap Field-Marshal Goering's beloved Nordic infant. DRAWN BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. ...

Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 80 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

OUTDOOR GIRL gala

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Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 152 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 495 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations