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Showing posts with label Nancy Mitford. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Nancy Mitford. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

The Scandalous Mitfords: Socialites, Nazis, Communists, Oh My

This week on the History, Books and Wine podcast, I'm pouring a glass of vino and diving into the Scandalous Mitford family! They were m...

Friday, May 13, 2022

The Longest Running Magazine in England

Before Nancy Mitford was a novelist, she worked for the magazine The Lady , which is the longest running magazine in England, and still publ...

Friday, May 6, 2022

How One Famous Socialite Volunteered During WWII

During WWII, novelist Nancy Mitford did quite a lot voluntary service to her country, in addition to working at the famous bookshop, Heywood...

Friday, February 18, 2022

Nancy Mitford's U and Non-U Idiom

My copies of books that contain Nancy's articles on U and Non-U. Context is everything -- and I'm not just saying that because it ...

Monday, June 7, 2021

Mitford Family Pets

I've been familiar with the Mitford family since college, when I first read Nancy Mitford The Pursuit of Love and then just had to go on...

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