She had a remarkably catholic talent for friendship. During her student days she became a friend of Philip Larkin
and Kingsley Amis
. Her correspondents at this and later periods of her life included her...
Family and Intimate relationships
Naomi Royde-Smith
Milton had his first big London success in 1922, and before Royde-Smith married him she had praised his magnetic performance as Hamlet.
Speaight, Robert. “Naomi Royde-Smith”. The Tablet, Vol.
218
, No. 6481, p. 21.
Over the course of his career he also tried his luck as a...
Family and Intimate relationships
Edith Craig
The actor John Gielgud
was EC
's second cousin. On occasion he performed at her Barn Theatre
in Kent.
She was cremated and her ashes interred at Rottingdean. At a memorial service held in November, John Gielgud
read the lesson and Vita Sackville-West
's son Nigel Nicolson
gave the address. EB
's papers...