... THE Swedish Ambassador and Mme. Hagglöf, two of the most charming and popular personalities of the Diplomatic Corps in London, always give very enjoyable and superbly run parties. Since they came here in 1948 they have supervised the redecoration of their Em- bassy, which is now one of the most beautiful diplomatic homes in London. At a recent cocktail party given by them, the guests included ...

... MANY distinguished guests attended a reception for the preview of the Chelsea Antiques Fair, in the Chelsea Town Hall. It is the fifth year this autumn Fair has been held, and it has again attracted connoisseurs from all parts of the country Miss Doreen Stephens, Lady Strathcarron and Mrs. Christina Woltman were among the company Councillor A. Sims, Mayor of Chelsea, who received the guests, ...

... DEFORE her marriage, '-'Mrs. Everard Hambro was Miss Mary Lyon, daughter of the late Major Charles Lyon of Whitby Bridge, Yorks. Her hus band is the only son of General Sir Percy Ham bro, and is the director of a banking firm. She is here at her home, Hobbs Cross House, near Har low, Essex, with their two sons, Anthony, aged eight, and Peter, ten Eric Cool)' ...

... THE opportunity of seeing the finest show jumpers matched in the arena, and many other uniqueequestrian competitions, brought large numbers of riding enthusiasts to the opening of the Horse of the Year Show at Harringay and on the four succeeding days Lt.-Col. and Mrs. Christopher Fuller were taking an interest in the finer points of the jumping in the final of the Overture Stakes Wis cut Mrs. ...

... IRENE WORTH, one of our leading dramatic actresses, will star in The Queen and the Rebels, which Henry Sherek is presenting at the Haymarket Theatre on Wednes day, October 26th. In this Ugo Betti play, set in a country in the throes of revolution, she has a strong, emotional role as Argia, a woman of the people mistaken for the fugitive Queen. American-born, Irene Worth made her first great ...

... The marquesa DE TAMARIT, who before her recent marriage was Senorita Maria Victoria Figueroa, and is the daughter of the Conde and Condesa de Roma- nones, is seen in her beautiful wedding dress by Balenciaga in her parents' house at San Sebastian. The Marques and Marquesa deTamarit have been spending part of their honey moon in London ...

... FOR many of the younger people a highly successful subscription dance at the May Fair Hotel was a stimulating Little Season aperitif, before the onset of the main body of autumn and winter festivities Miss Cleone Douglas, Mr. John Wood, Miss Juliet Woods, Miss Ivone D'Albiac and Mr. Gale Cotes sat down for a camp lire chat Above: Miss Valerie Agnew Mr. Michael Lund Miss Jill Cotton and Mr. ...

... TRIMLY- TAILORED AND COSILY WARM ^1^1 TIS very adaptable high-necked cardigan J- by Braemar is made of the finest lambswool in six different colours. We have photo graphed it in pale pink. It costs 4 gns. and is shown above with a dark grey I erylene and worsted skirt, uncrushable and durably pleated, which costs gns. All the merchandise shown on these two pages is supplied by Haryey Nichols ...

... Miss Catherine Margaret Buck- nail elder daughter of Ll.-Col. li. Bucknall of Mayfield Sussex and Mrs. M. Bucknall o/' Bidden den, Kent is engaged to Air. David G. W. Barham son of Mr. H.A. Bar- ham, of Rolvenden Kent, and Airs. E. K. Brown, of Southwold, Suffolk Payer Aliss Sally Brickwood elder daughter of Sir Rupert Brickwood, Bt and Lady Brickwood, of Little Boarhunt, Liphook, Hants, is to ...

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... Nescafe Nescafe It's a strenuous game! Tensely following every twist and brilliant manoeuvre, we onlookers too, share in our way the rigours of the game. It's a good thing that the lunch-basket contained supplies of coffee, alerting brain and nerve, fitting us to play a keenly appreciative part. So much ihe better that it was Nescafe. For Nescafe always ensures perfectly-made coffee, full of ...

... I FLEW up from London for a week end at Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire. This was an extremely easy journey, flying on the B.E.A. scheduled service from London to Edinburgh (Turnhouse Aerodrome) and motoring on from there to the Hotel, about an hour and a quarter's drive through lovely country to arrive in time for lunch. The whole iourney from my home in London to Gleneagles took about five ...