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This week writer Colin Thubron checks in to our travel Q&A. He also talks about his earliest holiday memory, his must-have travel essential and his idea of holiday hell.
Nancy Mitford died in 1973, before she could write her autobiography. This is a selection from one of the most prolific letter-writers of the 20th century. Nancy Mitford's correspondence to her wide circle of friends - Harold Acton, Robert Byron, Evelyn Waugh and Cyril Connolly - sheds a light on their lives and the times in which they lived. The book spans a period of 60 years with over 100 correspondents. It includes a collection of more than 300 letters to Evelyn Waugh, one of her closest friends. There are detailed accounts of the foolishnesses and foibles of her adopted country (France) ...
About Whether in books, on TV, audio, or magazines and newspapers, I pretty much exclusively talk and write about China (primarily Shanghai) in the first half of the twentieth century. And this blog is the place I throw all the interesting gobbets of information, historical anecdotes, ephemera and recommended books that fall through the cracks somehow and never get used anywhere else. There’s also the occasional piece of shameless self-promotion – Paul French And do take a look at my instagram page at oldshanghaipaul where I post old photographs and advertising from China.
Blue Vista Capital Management Hires Stephen Chase as Head of Client Capital Blue Vista Capital Management Hires Stephen Chase as Head of Client Capital Blue Vista Capital Management (Blue Vista), a leading Chicago-based real estate investment firm, today announced that Stephen Chase has joined as Managing Principal and Head of Client Capital. Based in New York, Mr. Chase will be responsible for overseeing the firms growing fundraising activities and assisting in new product development. He will also sit on the firms Management Committee. Previously, Mr. Chase served as Managing Director...
Outlook Traveller SIGN IN WITH GOOGLE The late John le Carre explored a lot of cities in his books, Photo Credit: Vasilis Asvestas/Shutterstock.com Home > Explore > Story > The Unconventional Travel Writing of John le Carre We take a look at the places the spy who went into the cold wrote about—and what it meant 07 Min Read When you think of good travel writing, chances are that you think of the canonised masters, as is the case with everything. Robert Byron, Eric Newby, Bruce Chatwin, Peter Matthiessen—and the relatively new Bill Bryson. As with genres in any art form, we tend to pla...