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THE LADIES OF FAYGATE: LADY HAWKE AND HER DAUGHTERS

... . f 44 Catch LADY HAWKE and her elder daughter, the HON. CAROLINE HAWKE, enjoy a game in spring sunshine. Lady Haivke, Caroline and Ranger find something to interest them in the park. Lady Haivke is a daughter of Mr. Henry Faure Walker. 44 Swing high, swing low Lady Hawke plays with her younger daughter, the HON. ANNABEL HAWKE, in their outdoor 44 nursery The first Lord Haivke, victor of ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 200 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BEFORE AND AFTER THE RAID: BRIEFING IN AND INTERROGATION

... . map -Before ^hey. set out on Mc^long-dLunc8 %hj, bomMng -LbdCf0paotStaondg CTews mf^Uowed is' h giv by moans *h at their canteen. They have always had a good meal shortly before taking off so th/v rln i 1 purchase. This they spend as thev something to chew, largely to relieve the monotony of a long flight when a cigarette' is out of th 'If j Wlth them' bllt' likl' to have Officer makes ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 152 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DALI MYSTIFIES DALI

... . SALVADOR DALI turns author. A library study of the Surrealist artist at work. And the statue? Just to make people ask questions he says. A typically Dali picture of which the artist gives no explana tion. lie is reported to have remarked that it even mystifies himself. MRS. DALI seems less surprised than SALVADOR when looking over the MS. of his book, The Secret Life of Salvador Dali. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 189 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

QUEEN'S MESSENGERS; WAR SERVICE, WEDDINGS AND LINCOLN

... QUEEN'S messengers; WAR SERVICE, WEDDINGS AND LINCOLN. H M the QUEEN has paid for the first of the flying convoys of eight vehicles to rush food to bombed areas. She presented these Queen's Messengers as they are called, to Lord Woolton at Buckingham Palace. MISS FRANCES DAY went to Lincoln for the opening of flat racing. MRS. JOHN MUSKER is seen at Lincoln Spring, Meeting talking to MAJOR ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 211 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

NEW--AND NEWER--FACES AT THE APOLLO

... NEW-- AND NEWER-- FACES AT THE APOLLO. TSJEW FACES, the Eric L N Maschwitz revue, which left London on account of the Blitz of last September, has now returned for a new edition has just been pre sented at the Apollo. Some of the 44 New Faces have become well-known theatri cal faces, and there are some 44 Newer Faces, for several members of the original cast have been called up and replaced. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 216 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

SHAVIAN SALVATION MAJOR

... . WENDY HILLER plays the title-role in the screen version of George Bernard Shaw's play MAJOR BARBARA, tchich is due at the Odeon, Leicester Square, on Monday, April 7. G.B.S. has himself supplied the scenario and dialogue, and the picture is produced arul directed by Gabriel Pascal. Rex Harrison, Emlyn Williams, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Miles Mallison, Marie Lohr, Marie Ault, and Walter Hudd ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 93 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE LIGHTER SIDE: CLOTHES THAT ARE PRACTICAL-- AS WELL AS ATTRACTIVE

... The Lighter Side CLOTHES THAT ARE PRACTICAL-- AS WELL AS ATTRACTIVE EASTER is still the time for weddings, but guests are now choosing outfits that they can wear again, not only for special occasions. Liberty, Regent Street, suggest the outfit above in moss crepe for y\ guineas. The simple frock is finished with lines of tucking, repeated on the pockets of the short, straight-hanging jacket. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 215 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BOMBER CAPTAIN AND HIS SECOND PILOT

... iOMBER CAPTAIN AND HIS SECOND PILOT. This magnificent portrait-study shows the captain of a bomber at the controls, with his second pilot standing beside him. They are about to start for a raid over enemy territory. This captain, typical of the Royal Air Force, is i9J years of age, has made thirty flights over Germany and Italy, and won the D.F.C. The programme of a bomber-pilot's working day ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 81 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE BERNHARDT OF ATHENS--TORPEDOED IN THE ATLANTIC

... THE BERNHARDT OF ATHENS TORPEDOED IN THE ATLANTIC. MADAME PAXINOU, distinguished Greek actress, came to England two years ago with the Royal Greek Theatre Company and appeared in Electra and Hamlet, and also as Mrs. Alving in an English performance of Ghosts. She was recently in a ship which was torpedoed. She was rescued by a British destroyer and reached England again. Her adventures are ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 136 | Page: Page 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

KING OF THE NATION WHICH HAS FOUND ITS SOUL

... . I have great news far you and the whole country. Early this morning the Yugoslav nation found its' soul With these words, Mr. Churchill announced that the Yugoslavian Government which surrendered to the Axis had been overthrown, and that seventeen-year-old KING PETER had taken over the reins. His manifesto said Serbians, Croatians, Slovenes, at this moment so grave for our people I have ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 110 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

COLLECTION AND RECOLLECTION

... . Susan, aged four, is trying out her mother's Penny a Week Red Cross collecting-box: on the engine- driver oj a Vest Country express as it goes through her home station, and unconsciously giving a most excel ent re-creation of the famous Southern Railway poster, South for Sunshine reproduced in miniature m the corner of this page. This poster was used all over Great Britain and also on the ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 109 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BOMBER CREW'S DRESSING-ROOM

... . This photograph and those on the following pages tell the story of a day in the life of a bomber pilot or at least show how he starts out for a flight over enemy territory and what the procedure is on his return. Here the CAPTAIN, HIS SECOND PILOT AND THE FOUR SERGEANTS WHO FORM THE REMAINDER OF THE CREW are dressing in the crew room before the raid. PHOTOGRAPH BY CECIL BEATON. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 76 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs