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Loelia Lindsay - Muses & The Beau Monde
Loelia Mary, Lady Lindsay of Dowhill, née Ponsonby, born 6 February 1902, was a British peeress, needlewoman and magazine editor. Lindsay...

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Jun 3, 20202 min read


Henry Hall and The BBC Dance Orchestra - Record Repertoire
Henry Robert Hall, CBE, born 2 May 1898, was an English bandleader who performed regularly on BBC Radio during the British dance band era...

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May 31, 20204 min read


The Plunket Greene's - Muses & The Beau Monde
David Plunket Greene, together with his brother Richard and sister Olivia, were part of the Bright Young Things who inspired the novel...

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May 27, 20204 min read


St Fagans - Enchanting Havens
St Fagans National Museum of History, commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum...

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May 24, 20205 min read


Barbara Ker-Seymer - Muses & The Beau Monde
The sharply radical portraitist of a "new English avant-garde." Barbara Marcia Ker-Seymer, born in Kensington 20 January 1905, was a...

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May 20, 20202 min read


The Babbitt & The Bromide - Picture Palace
"Hello! How are You!" The Babbitt And The Bromide is from the Ziegfeld Follies, a 1946 American musical comedy film. Fred Astaire and...

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May 17, 20201 min read


Oliver Messel - Muses & The Beau Monde
Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel, born 13 January 1904, was an English artist and one of the foremost stage designers of the 20th century....

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May 13, 20205 min read


Ray Noble & his Orchestra - Record Repertoire
Raymond Stanley Noble, born 17 December 1903, was an English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor. Noble wrote both...

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May 10, 20202 min read


Peter Watson - Muses & The Beau Monde
Victor William (Peter) Watson, born 4 September 1908, was a wealthy English art collector and benefactor. Peter Watson is as mysterious...

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May 6, 20202 min read


The Ashmolean Museum - Enchanting Havens
The Ashmolean is the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, founded in 1683. "The Ashmolean’s collections are...

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May 3, 20205 min read
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