... Cliveden Re-visited More Pictures of Lord Astor's Gift to the Nation On December 23rd we published photo graphs of Cliveden, shortly after Viscount and Viscountess Astor had announced their intention of presenting the house and estate to th ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Changes and Chances DESTINATION CHUNGKING, by Han Suyin (Cape; 12s. 6d.), is the story of the adventures of a young, modern Chinese couple during the still unfinished Chino-Japanese war. The scenes contrast, safety and peril alternate, private lives take the background of a national destiny in a manner that could remind one of War and Peace. Indeed, the stuff for a ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Porter Courtenay Dr. Charles Porter of 69, Clifton Hill S*. John's Wood au ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES Three Films By James Agate WILL somebody please tell me who is Mr. William Saroyan and what he has written? The author of a recently published book on the American critic George Jean Nathan remarks: Nathan has dis covered or has been among the first to lend impetus to the reception of such widely different dramatists as Eugene O'Neill, Sean O'Casey, the earlier Paul ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Difficult Scot I WAS glad to meet in the forefront of this month's new books my old friend-- and yours, perhaps?-- Humphry Clinker. This novel having been first published in 1771, you may wonder how it can possibly rank as new. The thing is, that here is old wine in a sound new bottle: Humphry Clinker is the latest fiction addition to Everyman's Library (J. M. Dent; 3s. ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Lack Page U. Roy Henry Lack, R.N.V.R., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lack, of Chads-worth Cock- fosters Herts., married Pauline Page, only daughter of Mr. A. W. Page and the late Mrs. F. Page of West Point, Luton, Beds. Butler-Henderson Clarke P/0. Patrick Butler-Henderson, R.A.F.V.R., second son of Hon. Eric and the Hon. Mrs. Butler- Henderson, of ...

... The Countess of Lewes and Her Daughters Marcus Adams The Countess of Lewes is the fifth of Major and the Hon. Mrs. John Fenwick Harrison's eight daughters, and is a granddaughter of the late Lord Burnham. Her marriage to the Marquess of Abergavenny's elder son and heir took place in 1938. Major the Earl of Lewes is serving in the Life Guards he has one brother, and one sister, whose husband, ...

... London First Nighters at For Whom The Bell Tolls Col. Jock Whitney and Lady Alexandra Metcalfe Lord and Lady Sempill Ihe new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Anderson and Lady Anderson The Fourth Sea Lord and Mrs. Pegrarn Air Marshal R. Williams Lord MacGowan, Mr. R. C. Rootes (in rear). Sir William Rootes and Lady MacGowan Lady Woolton, Wife of the new Minister of Reconstruction, and ...

... uShe Follows Me About Robertson Hare in a New Farce by Ben Travers aroline 44 We Ve nothing on underneath these wraps iffe 44 I know. We *d already established that he Rev. Stanley Cuffe (Robertson Hare meets two young I- oafs (Joyce Heron and Pauline Tennant) on the beach Cuffe I only put my arms around her in a sudden spasm A Jona 14 Oh, did you That *s not at all like you tackled by his ...

... Play ers and Spectators At an Inter-Service Rugby Match When the R.A.F. Beat the Army A great victory was scored by the R.A.F. over the Army on the Kingsholm ground at Gloucester. The Army held their own in the first half, leading at the interval by 2 points, but the R.A.F., attacking hard in the second half, won the match by 30 points to 14. There were some 7000 people present to see the ...

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... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart Mappery MAPS for use by air navigators are susceptible, l trunk, of great improvement. I do not believe that we have ever discarded our old map habits and that our air maps today are to the modern aeroplane what governess cart wheels and tiller steering would be to the modern motor car. We ought to strive to look afresh at this problem of the airman's map. He ...