Bishop, Edward. A Virginia Woolf Chronology. Macmillan.
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Harold Nicolson
Standard Name: Nicolson, Harold
Used Form: Sir Harold George Nicolson
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Virginia Woolf | VW
, dining at Clive Bell
's, met Vita Sackville-West
(and her husband Harold Nicolson
) for the first time. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Virginia Woolf | It is much remarked that VW
referred to Leonard as a penniless Jew. Was she anti-semitic? She married a Jew in an anti-semitic culture, and she wrote to him candidly before they were married... |
| politics | Virginia Woolf | The event was organized in part by Pippa Strachey
; other guests included Vanessa Bell
, Cicely Hamilton
, Laura Knight
, Vita Sackville-West
and Harold Nicolson
, and T. S. Eliot
. Here Woolf... |
| politics | Virginia Woolf | On 10 May Germany had invaded Holland and Belgium. In the event of an invasion of England, they could indeed expect a terrible personal fate, on account of their anti-war politics, Leonard's anti-war career and... |
| Friends, Associates | Dorothy Wellesley | In Rome during the First World War, DW
became a friend of two scholars, Geoffrey Scott
, and Gerald Tyrwhitt, later Lord Berners
. Wellesley, Dorothy. Far Have I Travelled. James Barrie. 133 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothy Wellesley | DW
seems to have first met Hilda Matheson
just before the latter took over the role of central player in Vita Sackville-West
's love-life. But Matheson (director of talks for the BBC
, soon to... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Trefusis | This was Sackville-West's first trip away from her husband, Harold Nicolson
, and it strained their marriage. Harold was often hostile towards Violet, referring to her from time to time as that swine Violet... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Trefusis | Unrealistically, she expected that Sackville-West
would somehow rescue her from this marriage, but when Vita stayed on with her husband Harold
at Versailles instead of intervening to stop the wedding, Violet wrote to her, [y]ou... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Trefusis | Trefusis also made peace with one of her great loves, Vita Sackville-West
. Sackville-West visited St Loup with her husband Harold Nicolson
in 1950 and 1951; she went by herself to stay at Ombrellino in 1952. Souhami, Diana. Mrs. Keppel and Her Daughter. Flamingo. 298 |
| Literary responses | Violet Trefusis | Don't Look Round was given a largely positive review in The Spectator by Harold Nicolson
, who maintained one reservation: [a]fter all. . . this is the world of the Ritz
. Jullian, Philippe et al. Violet Trefusis: Life and Letters. Hamish Hamilton. 119 |
| Textual Production | Violet Trefusis | VT
and Vita Sackville-West corresponded frequently throughout their early friendship and love affair. Denys Trefusis
burned Vita's letters to his wife in a fit of rage in July 1920; Violet later informed Vita, though, that... |
| Friends, Associates | Freya Stark | After her long recovery, FS
continued to enjoy her popularity in London society. Sir Sydney Cockerell
, director of Cambridge
's Fitzwilliam Museum
, became a friend. She was introduced to Virginia Woolf
, Rose Macaulay |
| Friends, Associates | Freya Stark | Visitors to Asolo (as well as hosts to Stark in England) during this period include Nancy, Lady Astor
, Lord David Cecil
, and Vita Sackville-West
and Harold Nicolson
. Geniesse, Jane Fletcher. Passionate Nomad. Random House. 327 |
| Literary responses | Freya Stark | John Jock Murray
and Sir Sydney Cockerell
initially advised Stark against writing this book, urging her to remain in the travel genre rather than attempt philosophical writing. However, they apologized for their opinions when the... |
| Literary responses | Freya Stark | The text was praised by Arnold Toynbee
and Harold Nicolson
, but it disappointed most of FS
's established audience. Geniesse, Jane Fletcher. Passionate Nomad. Random House. 355-7 |
Timeline
By October 1926: The BBC named Hilda Matheson as its first...
Building item
By October 1926
The BBC
named Hilda Matheson
as its first Director of Talks, one of the most highly paid jobs for a woman in any organisation at that time,
Carney, Michael. Stoker. Published by the author.
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27 October 1931: In the general election, the National Coalition...
National or international item
27 October 1931
In the general election, the National Coalition Government won a landslide victory (a majority of nearly five hundred seats over the combined opposition) but became much more Conservative
in tone than it had been. Most...
4 December 1931: The BBC announced the resignation of Hilda...
Writing climate item
4 December 1931
The BBC
announced the resignation of Hilda Matheson
, its director of talks, which she had actually submitted in October. This was the climax of a long-running struggle over a series of talks by Harold Nicolson
1955: Copies of Molloy by Samuel Beckett and Lolita...
Writing climate item
1955
Copies of Molloy by Samuel Beckett
and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
(both published in France) were seized by British Customs.
Texts
Sackville-West, Vita, and Harold Nicolson. Another World Than This. Michael Joseph, 1945.
Sackville-West, Vita, and Harold Nicolson. Vita and Harold. Editor Nicolson, Nigel, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1992.