WW2
Train to Nowhere
"We were young and we were keen; Europe was in flames, and we were ready for whatever came." “I used…
The East Coker Opera House Murders #1940Club
Based on his published letters,1940 was a busy year for T.S.Eliot. He was based in London and working at Faber…
1940 and the #1940Club
Hope I'm not jumping the gun here but the #1940Club starts next week and I've been gearing up and getting…
The Pineapple Party
Norman Pearson returned towards the end of January, after an absence in Spain and Portugal, bearing two bananas, two oranges…
Literal Nazis and the Retro-transing of History
Researching Marienbad and the Savoy led me to Erika Mann and all the gossip, scandal, politics, and drama of her…
Our Flag Stays Red – Communists and Snore Detectives at the Savoy
In Our Flag Stays Red (1948) Phil Piratin - the Communist Party MP for Mile End - wrote an account…
Marienbad
Every Christmas growing up my family received a greeting card from the Stingl family. I knew that my grandmother, mother,…
October , Propaganda, and Mrs. Miniver Buys the Chrysanthemums Herself
The Year Begins in October Armistead Maupin based his vignettes of gay life in 1970s San Francisco - Tales of…
All for Nothing
Hands down, this is the best book I've read all year: All For Nothing by Walter Kempowski. It's the bitter…
Evacuee Story Lines #3 Evelyn Waugh
I did, in the first weeks of the war, before I got my commission, suffer severely from 'evacuees'.- Evelyn Waugh in…