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Winnie-the-Pooh / Goodbye Christopher Robin / VIDEO: | Official HD Trailer |...
REVIEW: Goodbye Christopher Robin tells the true story of darkness behind a bright classicLEIGH PAATSCH, National Film Critic, News Corp Australia NetworkNovember 22, 2017...
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SNOBBERY The American Version By Joseph Epstein
“Epstein gives a complete history of snobbery in America. But did we really need this much information? Epstein divides the book into two parts, history of snobbery and most common snob objects,ie,...
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The origin of the word 'snob' ....
The word ‘snob’ is said to have arisen from the custom of writing “s. nob.”, that is, ‘sine nobilitate,’ after the names of children of untitled parents in certain English schools.— Norman DeWitt, The...
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Helena Bonham Carter 55 STEPS / Helena Bonham Carter to play Princess...
InterviewHelena Bonham Carter: ‘Standing up to Harvey wasn’t easy’In her 35-year career, the actor has seen the best and worst of Hollywood. She talks about divorce, depression and making her most...
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New show at the Textile and Fashion Museum in London / Exhibition Dates: 12...
A new show at the Textile and Fashion Museum in London recalls classic garments from the 1930s. Following the success of 2017’s 1920s Jazz Age: Fashion and Photographs, we are thoroughly excited to...
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Robert "Romeo" Coates THE "BEST" BATH’S WORST ACTOR.
Robert "Romeo" Coates (1772–1848) was an English eccentric, best remembered for his career as an amateur actor. His self-image included a highly mistaken belief in his own thespian prowess. Born in...
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Trouble in the "golden cage".Jimmy Donahue and the Duchess of Windsor /...
The night that Edward confronted Wallis over her gay lover: After 60 years, secret notes reveal truth about playboy palAnne Seagrim kept secret notebooks during her service with the royalsThey revealed...
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Maria By Callas | VIDEO: Official US Trailer HD (2018)
‘Maria by Callas’ Charts the Downward Spiral of One of Opera’s Greatest DivasBy James Jorden • 10/02/18 12:29pm...
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The New Yorker, Eustace Tilley and much more ...
Eustace TilleyThe magazine's first cover illustration, a dandy peering at a butterfly through a monocle, was drawn by Rea Irvin, the magazine's first art editor, based on an 1834 caricature of the then...
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Fairytale for 'parvenus'. William Randolph Hearst and his adventures in...
William Randolph Hearst's fairytale castleIF YOU were the fabulously wealthy American William Randolph Hearst and you were having a passionate, extramarital affair with a goddess of the silent screen,...
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TOM DRIBERG : "A journalist, an intellectual, a drinking man, a gossip, a...
"Thomas Edward Neil Driberg ( 1905-1976 ) was, successively, at school with Evelyn Waugh, at Oxford with W.H. Auden, compiler of the “William Hickey” gossip-column for the Daily Express, an Independent...
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Three heroes of conservationism
The Destruction of the Country House' exhibition held at the V&A in 1974.3 November 2005 – 12 February 2006Curator: Marcus Binney, President of SAVE Britain’s HeritageThis exhibition celebrated the...
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Sir Philip Sassoon
Sassoon was a member of the prominent Jewish Sassoon family and Rothschild family. He was born in his mother's mansion on Avenue de Marigny, Paris. His father was Sir Edward Albert Sassoon, 2nd...
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Violet Trefusis and Vita Sackville-West . Portrait of more than a Marriage.
Born Violet Keppel, she was the daughter of Alice Keppel, later a mistress of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, and her husband, the Hon. George Keppel, a son of the 7th Earl of Albemarle. But...
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SIBYL COLEFAX / VIDEO: The Drawing Room: English Country House Decoration
1930sSIBYL COLEFAXLady Colefax began decorating in 1930. She was well-connected and also ahead of her time: her circle of friends and acquaintances provided her with clients and she became a very...
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Eltham Palace / VIDEO:Eltham Palace: Join the Party
Once a favoured medieval palace and then a Tudor royal residence, Eltham Palace was transformed into a striking Art Deco mansion by eccentric millionaires Stephen and Viriginia Courtauld. Discover...
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