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A SEA OF TROUBLES: Miss Rebecca West's Lectures on the Human Will; Political Corruption in France; Travel in ..

... Sutherland, who says that, apart from his Christi he is a very happy man. He has written an amu!' novel on the subject, roughly speaking, of armysJ8 The three main personages in his little tale are T Welshman, of all things; Alfie, an enormous oaf a Norwegian ...

Published: Saturday 02 August 1958
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1728 | Page: 36 | Tags: Review 

THE FASCINATION OF HUMAN NATURE

... collection, The Darling of Her Heart Heinemann 151), and note, in the first piece, how its turns of action straighten into, so to speak, sheer human nature. Bessie Evans, comfortable pseudo-widow, sits in her mountain cottage with the whisky bottle. Climbing ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1958
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1220 | Page: 20 | Tags: Review 

The revamped widow is still fun

... appealing, charming, a little strange and remote, delightful except merry. Miss June Bronhill is decidedly merry, but neither her speaking nor her singing voice can be described as melting and one or two of the more melting songs suffer a little in consequence ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1958
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 797 | Page: 26 | Tags: Review 

For moments off on the beach

... run away. But cruelty to animals is doubly unpardonable as a lesser form of creation they have been put in the charge, so to speak, of homo sapiens, and yet find themselves the victims of a misplaced trust. Maybe Mrs. Baillie didn't mean it quite the way ...

Published: Wednesday 20 August 1958
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1109 | Page: 30 | Tags: Review 

A WORLD-FAMOUS NEGRO SINGER: Paul Robeson's Declaration of Faith and his Life Story; Problems of the Campus; ..

... she wrote I dislike everything Paul Robeson is now saying I still believe, however, that if he wants to give a concert, or speak his mind in public, no one should prevent him from doing so. PAUL ROBESON (Dobson. 21s.) is Miss Seton's more formal biography ...

Published: Saturday 23 August 1958
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2289 | Page: 35 | Tags: Review 

LOVE, LIFE AND PROBLEMS

... seaside town a hundred years ago; in fact, I cannot think of any period writer who is more successful at making his people speak naturally and yet timclessly, or better at getting under the skin of the age. He tells here the story of a respected solicitor ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1958
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1282 | Page: 22 | Tags: Review 

The making-- and breaking-- of a star

... theme to include a denunciation of Nazism and a declaration of belief in the good Germans' ultimate victory, politically speaking. The issue, once crystal clear, is this time a little confused. Mr. John Gavin plays a decent young Nazi soldier, serving ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1958
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1155 | Page: 29 | Tags: Review 

THEATRE: IN LONDON NOW--2

... and with Norman Wisdom more athletic than ever. Large as Life (Palladium) A typically generous revue, with Harry Secombe. Speaking of Murder (St. Martin' s)-- A quite fantastic shocker, but at least it keeps you looking and listening. Expresso Bongo (Saville) ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1958
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 735 | Page: 46 | Tags: Review