Cyril's Gleans

The Interwar Years (1918-1939) revisited one more time

Comrades,



I have been reading about society in the “Interwar Years”, 1918-1939, best covered for the U.K. by Robert Graves and Alan Hodge in their book “The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939”. (The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 by Robert Graves and Alan Hodge (Paperback - Apr. 2001) (3) )



At the moment I am reading D, J. Taylor’s more recent (2007) “Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London’s Jazz Age”. (Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D. J. Taylor (8))



Extensive reviews of both are available on the Net. Two similar books follow:

Children of the Sun: A Narrative of Decadence in England After 1918 by Martin Burgess Green (3)

Our Age: English Intellectuals Between the World Wars : A Group Portrait by Baron Noel Gilroy Annan Annan (1)

NB - a third book was recommended to me but I have not been able to obtain a copy: Cambridge between two wars by T. E. B. Howarth

In addition to books and articles by and about PGW (particularly Bolton and Wodehouse and Kern: The Men Who Made Musical Comedy by Lee Davis (2)), I can recommend the following:



Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A Lost Generation Love Story by Amanda Vaill (Paperback - Apr. 20, 1999) (37)
Gerald and Sara Murphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Evelyn Waugh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (pronounced /ˈiːvlɨn ˈwɔː/) (28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer, best known for such darkly humorous and ...
Decline and Fall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vile Bodies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the ...
This Side of Paradise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Beautiful and Damned - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Great Gatsby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tender Is the Night - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Noël Coward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Private Lives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cole Porter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. His works include the musical comedies Kiss Me, Kate, ...
Anything Goes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cole Porter: Selected Lyrics (American Poets Project) by Cole Porter and Robert Kimball



W. Somerset Maugham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham: A Biography by Selina Hastings



David Tennant and the Gargoyle Years: Amazon.co.uk: Michael Luke ...

David Tennant and the Gargoyle Years: Amazon.co.uk: Michael Luke: Books. ... Product Description. A history of The Gargoyle Club. ...
NB: there is much available on the Net in re all of the above (except the Howarth book).

Best, Cyril (GCW, P.E.)

Religion Revisited - February 11, 2010

One of my granddaughters is a senior in high school, and this term she is doing an intensive course in religion. The following is a second pass at putting some thoughts down to help her. Items most appropriate for a course at the high school level are marked with an asterisk.

The below is in my opinion the best place on the Net to get started on a study of religion. It does what it says it does, that is, describes the major world religions ranked by size. But it does a lot more too.

*Major Religions Ranked by Size - Aug 9, 2007 ... This is a listing of the major religions of the world, ... The "World's Major Religions" list published in the New York Public Library ...

The second best on the Net is probably Wikipedia:

* Religion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - A religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural ...

Some Books and Authors I can recommend

Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by Roy A. Rappaport (Paperback - Mar. 28, 1999)

Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years by Diarmaid MacCulloch (Hardcover - Mar. 18, 2010)
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell (Paperback - Jan. 1, 1967)

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (The Clarendon Edition of the Works of David Hume) by David Hume and Tom L. Beauchamp (Paperback - June 15, 2006)

*What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy by Thomas Nagel (Paperback - Oct 15, 1987)

*Quest for Certainty by John Dewey (Paperback - Jun 1960)

*What Is Life?: with "Mind and Matter" and "Autobiographical Sketches" by Erwin Schrodinger

*Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science by Werner Heisenberg

Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About - Hardcover (Jan 1, 2001) by Donald E. Knuth

*Amazon's Karen Armstrong Page <== she is very hot at the moment
Discover books, read about the author, find related products, and more. Visit the page.

Mathew Arnold had an interesting thought on the subject:

Matthew Arnold Biography - Biography.com - Learn about the life of Matthew Arnold at Biography.com. ... in an age of crumbling creeds, poetry would replace religion and that therefore readers would ...

Two authors should also be considered: John Bunyan for “Pilgrim’s Progress” and Milton primarily for “Paradise Lost” but other work too.

Milton's Scriptural Reasoning: Narrative and Protestant Toleration by Phillip J. Donnelly (Hardcover - Mar. 16, 2009)

Milton: Psalm Translations - From Poems (1673) Psalm 1. Psalm 2 • Psalm 3 ... It is instructive to compare Milton's translation with those of the King James Version and the Geneva. ..

PSAL. II. Done Aug. 8. 1653. Terzetti.

WHy do the Gentiles tumult, and the Nations
Muse a vain thing, the Kings of th' earth upstand
With power, and Princes in their Congregations
Lay deep their plots together through each Land,
Against the Lord and his Messiah dear? [ 5 ]
Let us break off, say they, by strength of hand
Their bonds, and cast from us, no more to wear,
Their twisted cords: he who in Heaven doth dwell
Shall laugh, the Lord shall scoff them, then severe
Speak to them in his wrath, and in his fell [ 10 ]
And fierce ire trouble them; but I, saith hee,
Anointed have my King (though ye rebel)
On Sion my holi' hill. A firm decree
I will declare; the Lord to me hath say'd,
Thou art my Son I have begotten thee [ 15 ]
This day; ask of me, and the grant is made;
As thy possession I on thee bestow
Th' Heathen, and as thy conquest to be sway'd
Earths utmost bounds: them shalt thou bring full low
With Iron Scepter bruis'd, and them disperse [ 20 ]
Like to a potters vessel shiver'd so.
And now be wise at length, ye Kings averse,
Be taught ye Judges of the earth; with fear
Jehovah serve, and let your joy converse
With trembling; kiss the Son least he appear [ 25 ]
In anger and ye perish in the way,
If once his wrath take fire like fuel sere.
Happy all those who have in him their stay.

Milton: Psalm 2 - Notes - It is instructive to compare Milton's translation with those of the King James Version and the Geneva. Also interesting to compare are the Scottish Psalm ...

Interwar Years

The Interwar Years

The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 by Robert Graves and Alan Hodge (Paperback - Apr. 2001)

Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D. J. Taylor (Hardcover - Jan. 6, 2009)

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Paperback - Jan. 15, 2001)
Buy new: $23.99 (147)

Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy: A Lost Generation Love Story by Amanda Vaill (Paperback - Apr. 20, 1999) (37)

David Tennant and the Gargoyle Years (Hardcover) - by Michael Luke (Author)

Clubs 1900-1950 - Exploring 20th Century London - The Gargoyle Club on Meard Street was a regular haunt for artists and aristocrats. Founded in 1925 by David Tennant , it had a four piece orchestra, ...

Michael Luke - Obituaries, News - The Independent - This rooftop den was founded by David Tennant in 1925, high above the corner of Dean ... Writer, film producer and dashing chronicler of the Gargoyle Club ...

Philip Toynbee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search ... Henrietta Moraes and others from David Tennant's Gargoyle Club in Soho. ...

Evelyn Waugh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Decline and Fall (1928): satire of the upper classes and social climbers
• Vile Bodies (1930): satire; adapted to the screen by Stephen Fry as Bright Young Things (2003).

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• This Side of Paradise (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920)
• The Beautiful and Damned (New York: Scribner, 1922)
• The Great Gatsby (New York: Scribner, 1925)

Gerald and Sara Murphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Noël Coward - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cole Porter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Anything Goes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cyril's Faorite Thrillers as of February 3, 2010

Thriller (genre) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television that includes numerous and often overlapping sub-genres. Thrillers are characterized by fast ...

- A Toast to Tomorrow - A 1001 MIDNIGHTS review: MANNING COLES - A Toast to Tomorrow.
- Ashenden - Ashenden: Or the British Agent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Beau Geste - Beau Geste - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Crossfire - Crossfire by J C Pollock
- Journey Into Fear - Journey into Fear (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Kim - Kim (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Man on Fire - Man on Fire (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Sanders of the River - Edgar Wallace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Six Days of the Condor - Six Days of the Condor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Adventures of Hiram Holliday - The Adventures of Hiram Holliday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Bourne trilogy - Bourne Trilogy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Great Impersonation - File:E. Phillips Oppenheim.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Hunt for Red October and Red Star Rising -Tom Clancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Key to Rebecca - The Key to Rebecca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Richard Hannay series: Richard Hannay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Saint novels - Leslie Charteris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And see: Quest for Kim: In Search of Kipling's Great Game by Peter Hopkirk (Paperback - Oct. 7, 1999)

Also: The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe) by Peter Hopkirk (Paperback - May 15, 1992)

Cyril is reading a great book

Cyril is reading a great book: Ferdinand Mount's memoir "Cold Cream". It is a must read. Related material follows.

Best, Cyril (GCW, P.E.)

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Ferdinand Mount - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Review: Cold Cream by Ferdinand Mount | Books | The Guardian - Mar 14, 2009 ... Review: Cold Cream by Ferdinand Mount This is a book that makes you laugh while inciting class hatred, suggests Jo Littler.

The Long Week-End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939 by Robert Graves and Alan Hodge (Paperback - Apr. 2001)

Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D. J. Taylor (Hardcover - Jan. 6, 2009)

David Tennant and the Gargoyle Years (Hardcover) - by Michael Luke (Author)

Michael Luke - Obituaries, News - The Independent - This rooftop den was founded by David Tennant in 1925, high above the corner of Dean ... Writer, film producer and dashing chronicler of the Gargoyle Club ...

Philip Toynbee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search ... Henrietta Moraes and others from David Tennant's Gargoyle Club in Soho. ...

Clubs 1900-1950 - Exploring 20th Century London - The Gargoyle Club on Meard Street was a regular haunt for artists and aristocrats. Founded in 1925 by David Tennant , it had a four piece orchestra, ...

Waiting for Princess Margaret - November 1, 2009 - (1)

A House in Corfu: A Family's Sojourn in Greece by Emma Tennant (Paperback - Feb. 1, 2003)

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