... Lord Astor, newspaper proprietor; Jane Austen, writer; Freddie Bartholomew, child film star: Sir John Betjeman, poetr: Joseph [Conrad. writer; Lady Cunard, hostess: Marlene Dietrich, film star; Edward Garnett, man of letters; Sir Robert Helpmann, dancer: ...

... by Leonard Woolf Hogarth Press, £6.50 Graham Greene’s last novel, The Human Factor, was prefaced with a quotation from Joseph Conrad: “I only know that he who forms a tie is lost. The germ of corruption has entered into his soul.” That seems to have been ...

... wrong tack’ as a writer almost all his life, though had he only pulled himself together he might have become ‘akin to Joseph Conrad’. That seems a rum do—for who wants two Conrads? Imagine Conrad trying to write Treasure Island! Still for lovers of Stevenson ...

... played full back for Nottingham Forest. i Quentin Oates Traven lacks the psychological complexity of another emigré writer, Joseph Conrad. with whom he has much in common. his disinterested rage against injustice. inequality and exploitation from time to time ...

... Girl 17 found dead An inquest was opened at Westminster on Friday on Miss Linda Margaret Laming (17) of Joseph Conrad House. Taehbrook Street. who was found dead there by her family on November 10. Police took possession of tablets. No biome was attached ...

... AN OPEN VERDICT was recorded at the in- Quest on 17 - year - old Linda Laming, found dead by her father at her home in Joseph Conrad House, Pimlico, after a domestic row the previous day. _ coronor. Mr P Knomnon. sold could boon onomol lo allonelon to ...

... crooks about! Residents of fiats In a comparatively new Westminster City Council housing estate at Longmore Street known as Joseph Conrad and Coward Houses. are warned to lock their doors securely because recent bur- Bag - snatching is also another crime which ...

... Publishers Weekly “quite simply a devastating book, reminiscent in its passionate style and moral intensity of the best of Joseph Conrad.” Newsday - e > R ah -~ egWY T I K. B ' = g 8 ; . -.» g P . - 3 Y - L ¢ e 5 “i 3 e C A-t vy o o ) y oy “ ‘ - .g : ...

... Forrest Wilson. BOOKSHELF on 22nd March, repeated 26th March, has Peter the Great (Gollancz, £9-95) by Robert Massie and Joseph Conrad: Times Re- Membered (CUP, £lO-50) by John Conrad. THE Woman’s Hour serial from 30th March to Bth April is an eight-episode ...

... £5-95, paper £4-95). RADIO ULSTER’s Book Ends on 26th April will feature South from Granada (CUP, £3-95) by Gerald Brenan, Joseph Conrad: Times Remembered (CUP, £lO-50) by John Conrad and Abroad: British Literary Travelling Between the Wars (OUP, £B-95) by ...

... (U) EXHIBITION: Victorian paintings Riverside Studios Wednesday Last day POLISH FESTIVAL: Two lectures organised by the Joseph Conrad Society Polish Centre King Street Hammersmith Starts 3 pm 741 1940 MUSIC: An evening with Lord Byron trio sing music by ...

... EXHIBITION: Victorian paintings, Riverside Studios, see Wednesday. Last day. POLISH FESTIVAL: Two lectures organised by the Joseph Conrad Society. Polish Centre. King Street Hammersmith. Suns 3 pm. Phone 741 1940. MUSIC: An evening with Lord Byron trio sing ...