... Founded by Mrs. James Corrigan, the well- known American hostess, the Wings Club held its opening dance in Grosvenor Place not long ago. The Club is intended for the use of all British, Dominion, Colonial and Allied officers serving in or with the R.A.F., and its member ship is free. The Duchess of Kent is Patron of the Club, Mrs. Corrigan its chairman, and members of the committee include the ...

... Major-General C. F. Liardet, C.B., D.S.O. j In 1942 Major-Gen. Claude Francis Liardet became Director-General of Ground Defence, Air Ministry, and Commandant of the newly-formed Royal Air Force Regiment. Educated at Bedford School, Major-Gen. Liardet was gazetted as 2nd Lieutenant to the Lancashire Artillery in 1899, transferring to the Lancashire and Cheshire R.G.A. some years later. He ...

... 44 Uncle Vanya Norman Marshall's Company in a Chekov Tragi-Comedy Norman Marshall's Company was founded at the end of last year by the Cambridge Arts Theatre Trust in conjunction with C.E.M.A. Its headquarters are at Cambridge, but the Company spend only a part of their time there, playing frequently in other towns. Besides Uncle Vanya, their repertoire includes Ibsen's The Wild Duck, Pinero's ...

... Miss Coral Browne to Star in My Sister Eileen Bender Coral Browne is to take the part of the elder Sherwood sister the part played by Rosalind Russell in the film when Firth Sliephard presents My Sister Eileen at the Savoy Theatre on Wednesday next. Coral Browne is an Australian. Born in Melbourne in 1913, she first intended to become a painter. Later she succumbed to the fascination of the ...

... By Wing-Commander E. G. Oakley Beuttler A.A. stands for Anti-Aircraft, but it also means Automobile Association in case you had forgotten such plcasants sights as a row of petrol pumps, a new car and an open road. There 's nothing like keeping your hand in, and if an A.A. scout ran repair a rock-bound Mark III. I Valentine Tank in wartime, he should be able to get us home all right when our ...

... As Princess Oparre in Maxwell Anderson's The Wingless Victory, produced -by Michael Redgrave at the Phoenix Theatre last week, Wanda Rotha has a role which was originally created by the famous Katharine Cornell in New York. The scene of the play is laid in New England in 1800 and the story tells how Nathanial McQuestion, a wealthy South Seas trader, brings as a bride to his home in the narrow, ...

... Two More War Films Hitler's Madman At The Empire, Escape To Danger At The London Pavilion Two Shots from Hitler's Madman the Death of Heydrich and the Reunion of the Young Lovers Hitler's Madman recalls the tragic story of Lidice, the village wiped off the face of the earth by the Nazis. It tells of a young Czech airman, Karel (Alan Curtis), who returns to his native village by R.A.F. ...

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... Mrs. Thomas Skryme and Her Children Mrs. Skryme is the wife of Major Thomas Skryme, R.A., who is at present serving overseas. Their home is Sagamore, ShipIake-on-Thames, and they have tivo small daughters, seen here with their mother. Carolyn, the elder, is three, and the baby, Diana, was born last March. Mrs. Skryme is the second daughter of Sir Leonard Lyle, Bt., M.P. for Bournemouth, and ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Hesketh Joues Y utile Barkley F/0. Robert Christopher Hesketh Jones R.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Jones, of Epping Place, Epping, married Theodora Margaret Yuille Barkley, only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T. Yuille Barkley, of Wood- croft, Weybridge, at St. Mark's, North A wlley Street Roell Kessler Jonkhecr Theodoor Roell, Assistant Trade ...