nancy cunard

Jul 30

1920s Paris edited by Rainer Metzger

Simon

‘Before the war they were revolutionaries; now they are bywords’ (strapline advertising Gertrude Stein which Metzger says also applies to Picasso or Matisse) ‘It became the period of being twenty-six. During the next two or three years all the young men were twenty-six years old.’ (Gertrude Stein)...

painting art photography history bauhaus dada paris romania karlsruhe art nouveau ernest hemingway surrealism max ernst berlin ulysses james joyce cologne walter benjamin new objectivity john eberson modigliani séraphine de senlis séraphine louis langston hughes jean cocteau kiki de montparnasse darius milhaud john dos passos picasso le corbusier mona lisa dr jean dalsace folies bergeres daniela gregori andré breton art brut francis picabia pierre jeanneret le train bleu jacques haïk british museum shakespeare and company place charles-félix chaïm soutine florence henri zelda fitzgerald fernand leger marie laurencin marie-thérèse walter french art marc chagall henry crowder alexander calder nice neue sachlichkeit giorgio de chirico montmartre archibald macleish litterature le grand rex duchamp tubism brassaï dadaism sylvia beach henri sauvage la revue nègre paris de nuit paul éluard pierre chareau man ray viktor shklovsky christopher isherwood american vogue stephanie barron sara murphy joan miro rene clair george gershwin oedipus rex colette yves tanguy ezra pound bernard bijvoet guernica isidora duncan henry miller le chien jaune r. mutt studio lecram jean auguste dominique ingres citroen ford madox ford theory of prose georges bataille chanel no. 5 max morise tristan tzara josephine baker marcel duchamp jean badovici eileen gray henri darricarrère coco chanel daria martin georges simenon sinclair lewis modern art constantin brancusi die dame emmanuel radnitzky annie dalsace guillaume apollinaire olga khokhlova charles baudelaire salvador dalí isadora duncan sonia delaunay henry ford nadja hemingway alfred barr joyce art deco apollo musagète roaring twenties l.h.o.o.q. nancy cunard brancusi weimar republic alastair duncan taschen arthur rimbaud dalí cole porter inspector maigret paul colin carolin meister wilhelm uhde auguste bluysen hadley richardson henri matisse sabine eckmann villa savoye marguerite matisse stravinsky jazz age finnegan's wake gyula halász christie's austro-hungarian empire gertrude stein sidney bechet luis buñuel alberto giacometti andré vigneau f.scott fitzgerald lee miller argentine

Jul 28

The Twenties by Alan Jenkins (1974)

Simon

Here was a new generation, shouting the old cries, learning the old creeds, through a reverie of long days and nights; destined finally to go out into that dirty gray turmoil to follow love and pride; a new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success;...

history jazz william morris lost generation bauhaus new york modernism bbc radio advertising soviet union daily mail fashion britain agatha christie paris india hollywood general strike louis armstrong d.h. lawrence winston churchill mickey mouse graf zeppelin ernest hemingway tallulah bankhead america westminster ulysses arthur conan doyle madison square garden fletcher henderson james joyce margery allingham somerset maugham krenek gertrude lawrence alfred adler aldous huxley british gazette p.g. wodehouse woodrow wilson hays code greco-turkish war evelyn waugh imperial airways gloria swanson radio corporation of america charles ives empire exhibition the green hat maurice ravel germaine tailleferre vanessa bell alexander fleming john reith darius milhaud cab calloway noel coward le corbusier prince of wales empire state building jack payne ben hecht fatty arbuckle dan white j.j.r. macleod treaty of neuilly oxford eddie condon mahatma gandhi milton ager ottoman empire rhapsody in blue ralph vaughan williams antibes organised crime felix the cat b.f. goodrich bloomsbury group ray henderson gertrude ederle reverend david railton calvin coolidge dorothy l. sayers zinoviev letter fred astaire douglas fairbanks oscar hammerstein ii alan jenkins fats waller e.f. benson frank lloyd wright myrna loy hassan zelda fitzgerald william jennings bryan americanisation don bradman spirit of st louis constance lambert detective fiction brooklands bognor regis herbert hoover coleman hawkins harold lloyd paris peace conference ellery queen soho kurt weill hugo eckener walter donaldson babe ruth lady louis mountbatten lady diana cooper american civil liberties union marion davies wembley ronald colman claud cockburn cunard will hays iris storm gerald murphy international style gene tunney bix beiderbecke amritsar massacre journey's end sir thomas beecham the sheikh marx brothers tender is the night walter winchell cotton club treaty of saint germain runnin' wild wolcott gibbs mary pickford the thief of baghdad treaty of lausanne jack dempsey stanley baldwin virginia woolf abdication crisis francis poulenc marchioness of londonderry adele astaire british empire consumer culture chrysler building paul merton king george v prohibition women’s suffrage addison mizner pee wee russell savoy ballroom this happy breed sara murphy westinghouse george gershwin duke ellington saturday evening post miami beach frederick delius lady ribblesdale weimar germany beverley nichols crazy pavements michael arlen sigmund freud cliveden set palm beach cliveden warren g. harding rudolph valentino david lloyd-george mary phelps jacob hugh gaitskell elmer gantry cecil beaton josephine baker ma metrick flappers edward elgar les six anna neagle john gilbert jack hobbs whitehall hindemith george vi imperial conference coco chanel an american in paris charlie chaplin john maynard keynes bobby jones treaty of trianon flying scotsman sinclair lewis jack hylton dashiell hammett william walton scopes trial paul whiteman hunger march samuel barber ramsay macdonald nancy astor arthur honegger margaret sanger louis durey jack yellen georges auric stockhausen clarence darrow ivy williams isadora duncan charles lindbergh fascist italy butler act chanak crisis yankee stadium bud freeman contraception treaty of sèvres helena rubinstein art deco roaring twenties ciro's elinor glyn nancy cunard helena normanton katherine mansfield queen mary this side of paradise charles best george bernard shaw laurence olivier mapp and lucia mezz mezzrow won't go to wembley association land of hope and glory james p. johnson duchess of buccleuch kellogg-briand pact muggsy spanier edith evans storyville bright young things queen elizabeth ii king oliver cole porter charleston elizabeth arden lillian gish the british worker windsor locarno pact ira gershwin early success the jazz singer treaty of versailles stravinsky jazz age al capone e.m. forster joe venuti helen wills jarrow march al jolson clara bow kitkat club lady lavery threepenny opera cenotaph oxford bags anglo-americana algonquin round table white sox st margaret's westminster kdka trade union lytton strachey league of nations lady elizabeth bowes-lyon marie stopes irving berlin vincent youmans aaron copland les biches f.scott fitzgerald lee miller william heinemann bessie smith frederick banting john t. scopes jerome kern embassy club henry wood new yorker jelly roll morton lord louis mountbatten general electric

Jul 27

Aldous Huxley reviews

Simon

These are the works by Aldous Huxley (1894 to 1963) which I’ve read and reviewed to date, arranged by genre and year of publication. The list will be updated as I read any more. Recommendations If you know nothing about Huxley, start with the book he’s most famous for, Brave New World, which also...

novel satire science fiction short stories novels essays travel writing island english literature crome yellow the 1920s aldous huxley after many a summer london bohemia brave new world revisited john middleton murray the rest cure the hidden huxley the hidden huxley: contempt and compassion for the masses 1920 to 1936 the doors of perception mescaline jo stoyte ape and essence eyeless in gaza jesting pilate the little mexican and other stories myra viveash two or three graces and other stories heaven and hell brief candles mortal coils project gutenberg foreword to brave new world the prospects of fascism in england the gioconda smile jeremy pordage point counter point mrs aldwinkle nancy cunard katherine mansfield a note on eugenics: the battle between inferior and superior people for the possession of the earth' the 1930s the portrait dh lawrence antic hay david bradshaw those barren leaves brave new world