Party in the Blitz: the English years

Out of England

No-one in England or the silence of contempt

Amersham

"Durris", Stubbs Wood, Chesham Bois

The street sweeper

Herbert Read

Vices and virtues of English parties

Hampstead: a gathering of poets

Kathleen Raine

Aymer and his mother

Visit in Mochrum

Lord David Stewart

Mrs. Phillimore. Bertrand Russell

Arthur Waley

Diana Spearman

Enoch Powell

Veronica Wedgwood

Misery at parties

Franz Steiner

Downshire Hill

J.D. Bernal

Geoffrey Pyke

Freddie Uhlman

Ce poids! Ce poids!

Henry Moore and Roland Penrose. The party in the Blitz. The battle of Britain. Hampstead Heath

Hampstead Church Row. The cemetery

The party at Penrose's. The firemen

The Freemasons arms. Friedl

Friedl's generosity. The blouse. Stevie Smith

Oskar Kokoschka

Iris Murdoch

Vaughan Williams

Aymer

England, an island

Speed

Some varieties of arrogance.