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John Rothenstein Discusses
Page 6 from 5th March 1948Aubrey Beardsley Fifty years ago on March 16 Aubrey Beardsley died at Mentone. This year on that date Mr. John Rothenstein, Director and Keeper of......
Art
Page 7 from 26th January 1940THIS EXHIBITION IS LIKE A RUMMAGE SALE By AMELIA DEFRIES, F.R.S.A. United Artists Exhibition r IS is a historic event; hailed as such by the......
Why Did So Many Victorian Decadents Become Catholics?
Page 5 from 5th January 2001Robert Whelan thinks the conversion of Wilde and many of his contemporaries may have lessons for today's Church 0 n the last day of November last......
Both Rhyme And Reason
Page 5 from 19th November 1937A Glance At A Great English Catholic Champion By W. J. BLYTON I r is remarkable, when you come to think of it, whet Catholics have given to......
In A Few Words
Page 4 from 2nd March 1945The Triple-Seal ' DE-READING Guedalla's life of . 1 -‘ Palmerston I came across the following apparently contemporaneous (though unacknowledged)......
Room For Surprise On Tv
Page 6 from 31st December 1971Napoleonic soldier who was elected King of Sweden and with his wife, Desiree (Jean Simmons in the Marlon Brando film), founded the dynasty that was......
Eloquent Example Of Expertise
Page 7 from 20th August 1971by FREDA BRUCE LOCKHART A MONG great occasions at which television can offer us a ringside seat are of course great performances: of actors.......
An Original For Dorian Gray'
Page 10 from 12th June 1992Brendan Walsh CANON John Gray, parish priest of St Peter's in the fashionable Morningside district of Edinburgh. kept his cards close to his......
Chesterton Versus Wilde: The
Page 5 from 11th December 1998culture wars of the fin de siècle W of a statue to Oscar Wilde in the heart of London, he has now been transformed, not only into an official gay......
Book Of The Week
Page 6 from 22nd December 1939CHRISTIAN CHRISTMAS (anthology) The Christian Christmas. Edited by Lord Clonrnors. (Burns Oates and Washbourne, 7s. 6d.) Reviewed by THE REV. SIR......