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MEN OF FREE ENTERPRISE

... Festival visitors, especially those from overseas, may like to see a collection of portraits of some present-day captains of British industry and commerce. These men, faced with almost insurmountable difficulties, are responsible for keeping the wheels of industry turning. Men of Free Enterprise, as the show is called, is neither political nor commercial. The sitters have been chosen to ...

Published: Wednesday 12 September 1951
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 297 | Page: Page 24, 25 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Autumn Trends

... THE DOUBLE CHIGNON THE CURLED CHIGNON THE 'WIDE -LOOK* CURLS HIGH OR LOW TO NECK by Ann Murray F ORECAST for autumn hair-styles i. Steiner sponsors the twin bun chignon. One is worn crown-high, the other, mounted with a velvet bow, falls low to shoulder. The short front hair is dressed in a brow quiff. 2. Showing the same style (without chignon) effectively balanced for evening, Steiner adds ...

Published: Wednesday 12 September 1951
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 292 | Page: Page 44, 45 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BERKELEY

... Black and white checked jacket with a city-bred look, highlighted with black cravat, skirt and over-sized buttons a FREDERICK STARKE, to be found wherever fine clothes are sought and bought. Member of the London Model House Group. i 3 1 BRUTON STREET, SQUARE, W.i. ...

Published: Wednesday 12 September 1951
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 46 | Page: Page 50 | Tags: Photographs 

EXTRACTS from the log of the ROYAL SOLENT YACHT CLUB

... The Royal Solent Yacht Club, founded in 1878, overlooks the Solent east of Yarmouth Harbour. Youngsters number 40 of the membership of 460, the West Wight Scows being very popular with them. Handicap Class races provide sport from May to October for all comers starters ranging from small dinghies to 10-tonners. rictures show: I. I he Club house. 2. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Caulcott. 3. Yarmouth One- ...

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... MAN OF STRATFORD: ANTHONY QUAYLE I c Photomontage by Angus McBean ...

Published: Wednesday 13 September 1950
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 11 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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... SPORT-THE LONGS AND THE SHORTS OF IT ...

Published: Wednesday 13 September 1950
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 7 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

CHOICE OF THE MONTH

... Selected by our Panel of Experts THEATRE. Dame Sybil Thorndike for the profound emotion of her Lady Randolph in the revival of the old tragedy of Douglas, at the Edinburgh Festival. J C LITERATURE.-- Mr. E. S. Turner for the wit. erudition and sincerity of his shocking history °t social reform, Roads to Ruin. FILMS. Leo Genn a British actor with Old Vic training, who spanks such life out of ...

Published: Wednesday 13 September 1950
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 104 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

3--THE BRISTOL 401: This and That

... 3-- THE BRISTOL 401 By WILLIAM HARTLEY IT is a long time since I enjoyed 500 miles of assorted motoring so much as those I covered driving the Bristol 401. To my mind, which is not unused to considering cars of all sorts and sizes, this Bristol offers some thing getting as near to perfection as one may approach without untold gold and the literal building to personal specification and ...

Published: Wednesday 08 April 1953
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1474 | Page: Page 34 | Tags: Photographs 

Datz-Book (Abroad)

... ^Afcvfriulj APRIL 2. MONTE carlo Lawn tGflnis star Doris Hart (U.S.A.) de- j feated Shirley Fry in the i Ladies' singles won the Prince J. L. de Faucigny Cup in a recent tournament. APRIL 19. CHANNEL ISLANDS: David j Niven, in Sark to make film I Appointment with Venus, met the Dame de Serk, Mrs. R. W. Hathaway, and her daughter got some history of the island from them. fi APRIL 20. j ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 1951
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 323 | Page: Page 20 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

BOB HOPE

... By Ian Coster BOB (formerly Leslie Townes) Hope is the biggest bluff in the world of entertainment. He is an expert at misdirection, the basis of the craft of conjuring, by which the magician makes you follow the innocent hand while the other one is doing the dirty work. Hope is a good, solid chunk of American manhood, well muscled for action and in his films he poses as a poltroon and a clown ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 1951
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1111 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Photographs 

THE KING DECLARES THE FESTIVAL OPEN

... FROM the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral on May 3, his Majesty broadcast to the world that the Festival of Britain, 1951, was open. He declared This is no time for despondency. For I see in this Festival a symbol of Britain's abiding courage and vitality. The ceremony followed a national service of dedication. On the left of the picture are the Queen, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth, the Duke of ...

DR. RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, O.M

... I , I for his opera, The Pilgrim's Progress London's greatest post-war musical event. DR. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS' opera a Morality based on John Bunyan's allegory was performed for the first time at Covent Garden on April 26. The music in his greatest vein was beautifully sung, with Arnold Matters as Pilgrim. In a short speech at the premiere, the 79-year-old composer said People ask me who wrote ...

Published: Wednesday 09 May 1951
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 111 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs