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Feb 13, 2012
Books

Fright Nights

BOOK review about the horror writer Montague Rhodes James. The name of Montague Rhodes James is not widely recognized in America, and there will be little fellow-feeling for the world he chose to inhabit. James was born in southeast England in 1862. His father, Herbert, was a curate; he…
Nov 15, 2010
Profiles

Paths of Glory

PROFILE of Rory Stewart. Rory Stewart was elected to Parliament in May, having already passed through many of the key institutions of the British establishment, including Eton College, the Army, Oxford University, and the Foreign Office. Stewart, who memorized “The Waste Land” when he was fourteen, is now thirty-seven…
April 13, 2009
Life and Letters

A Fine Rage

LIFE AND LETTERS about George Orwell. The writer remembers when he first read George Orwell, at Eton, Orwell’s old school. Into his receptive hands fell Orwell’s 1941 pamphlet “The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius.” It’s a powerfully radical pamphlet. Orwell made the case for the nationalization…
November 24, 2003
A Critic at Large

True Colors

A CRITIC AT LARGE about British painter Howard Hodgkin and his show at the Gagosian Gallery. Writer tells about Hodgkin coming to the United States when he was seven years old. They lived in New York. “I could go look at pictures,” Hodgkin said. Tells about the ship on which…
January 26, 1976
The Talk of the Town

British Goods

Talk story about last week's sale, at Gimbel's, of 154 school desks from Eton and Harrow, the English public schools. The desks sold out, at $150.00 each, within two hours. Each came with a Certificate of Authenticity and a photostat of a receipt signed by the Eton or Harrow bursar…
July 26, 1952
Fiction

Tradition

The writer's visit to Eton college for the annual Fourth of June celebration. She and her friend observed all the goings on with interest - the cricket game, the boat processions, the uniforms and costumes, the fireworks display and the climbing of a certain lamppost. When they asked the reasons for…
October 23, 1943
Casual

Minor Casualty

The playing fields of Eton…
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