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Richard Plunket Greene, Olivia Plunket Greene, David Plunket Greene, Terence Greenidge, Elizabeth Frances Russell, and Evelyn Waugh.

The Bright Young Things, or Bright Young People, [1] [2] was a term given by the tabloid press to a group of Bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London. [3] They threw flamboyant fancy dress parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, and some drank heavily or used illicit drugs — all of which was enthusiastically covered by journalists such as Charles Graves and Tom Driberg. [4]

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They inspired a number of writers, including Nancy Mitford (Highland Fling), Anthony Powell ( A Dance to the Music of Time ), Henry Green ( Party Going ), Dorothy Sayers ( Murder Must Advertise ), and the poet John Betjeman. Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel Vile Bodies , adapted as the 2003 film Bright Young Things , is a satirical look at this scene. [4] Cecil Beaton began his career in photography by documenting this set, of which he was a member. [5]

Prominent members of the group included:

List of 'Bright Young Things' and their associates

The following is a list of the Bright Young Things, their friends, acquaintances and associates of the period, many of whom were the basis for characters in the novels written by members of the group such as Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell and Nancy Mitford. [6]

ImageNameCharacterization
Harold Acton.jpg Harold Acton (1904–1994)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
William Acton, Margot Bendir, Elizabeth Ponsonby, Harry Melville, Babe Plunket Greene at David Tennant's party 1928.jpg William Acton (1906–1945)Books:
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque [9]
Kathleen Adam Smith Paget Thomson.jpg Kathleen Adam Smith (1900–1941) [10] Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation [11]
John Amery 2.jpg John Amery (1912–1945)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Lord Amery na Mojstrovki 1936.jpg Leo Amery (1873–1955)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Time-magazine-cover-michael-arlen (cropped).jpg Michael Arlen (1895–1956)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley and Sylvia Ashley.jpg Sylvia Ashley (1904–1977)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Portraits:
1933, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Lord Ashley and Sylvia Ashley.jpg Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1900–1947)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Lettice Mildred Ashley-Cooper.jpg Lettice Ashley-Cooper (1911–1990)Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Mary Sibell Ashley-Cooper.jpg Mary Ashley-Cooper (1902–1936)Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Adele Astaire & Tilly Losch.jpg Adele Astaire (1896–1981)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Clement Attlee.png Clement Attlee (1883–1967)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Mae Bacon.jpg Mae Bacon (1897–1981)Newspaper articles:
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts [15]
Hermione Baddeley.jpg Hermione Baddeley (1906–1986)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party [16]
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque [9]
Edyth01-752x1024.jpg Edythe Baker (1899–1971)Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley.jpg Oliver Baldwin (1899–1958)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Ruth Baldwin.jpg Ruth Baldwin (1905–1937)Books:
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts [17]
Railway Club at Oxford.jpg Patrick Balfour (1904–1976)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Thomas Balston in 1921 by Mark Gertler.jpg Thomas Balston (1883–1967)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Tallulah Bankhead 1941.JPG Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts [15]
John Banting (1902–1972)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Alexander Baring (1898–1991)Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation [11]
Maurice Baring (1874–1945)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Poppy Baring, 1925.jpg Poppy Baring (1901–1980)Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Elvira Mullens Barney.jpg Elvira Dolores Barney (1904–1936)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
HM Bateman08.jpg H. M. Bateman (1887–1970)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Arthur Beverley Baxter.png Beverley Baxter (1891–1964)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Cecil Beaton, and his sisters Nancy and Barbara, arriving at an Eton.jpg Cecil Beaton (1904–1980)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
George Spencer Watson (1869-1934) - Portrait of Miss Beaton.jpg Baba Beaton (1912–1973)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Dancing to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque [9]
Cecil Beaton, and his sisters Nancy and Barbara, arriving at an Eton.jpg Nancy Beaton (1909–1999)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Max Beerbohm, Vanity Fair, 1897-12-09.jpg Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Clive Bell.jpg Clive Bell (1881–1964)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
William Acton, Margot Bendir, Elizabeth Ponsonby, Harry Melville, Babe Plunket Greene at David Tennant's party 1928.jpg Babe Bendir (b. 1907)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque [9]
Portrait of Mrs Bendir 1926 Sir William Orpen.jpg Margot Bendir Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque [9]
Rex Whistler - Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners 1924.jpg Lord Berners (1883–1950)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Lord Merlin in Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Lord Merlin in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford [18]
John Betjeman.jpg John Betjeman (1906–1984)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Paul Fotheringay in Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford [18]
Elizabeth Bibesco.jpg Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Lady Caroline Blackwood; Maureen Constance Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (nee Guinness), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.jpg Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Edmundblundencirca1914.jpg Edmund Blunden (1896–1974)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Robertbootby.jpg Robert Boothby (1900–1986)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Albert, Duke of York - later King George VI - with Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon - later Queen Elizabeth.jpg Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002)Newspaper articles:
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts [15]
Sir Maurice Bowra; Sylvester Govett Gates; L.P. Hartley, by Lady Ottoline Morrell.jpg Maurice Bowra (1898–1971)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Brendan Bracken 1947.jpg Brendan Bracken (1901–1958)Fictional characters:
Rex Mottram in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Georges Braque, 1908, photograph published in Gelett Burgess, The Wild Men of Paris, Architectural Record, May 1910.jpg Georges Braque (1882–1963)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
(Helen) Diana (nee Bridgeman), Lady Abdy.jpg Lady Diana Bridgeman (1907–1967)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Jessie Doris Browne (1900–1942)Portraits:
1931, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Valentine Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare 1923.jpg Valentine Browne (1891–1943)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1931, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Buchman-Frank-Dr.jpg Frank Buchman (1878–1961)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Guy Burgess 1935.jpg Guy Burgess (1911–1963)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Edward Burra.jpg Edward Burra (1905–1976)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Photograph of Mary Butts.jpg Mary Butts (1890–1937)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Robert Byron and Desmond Parsons in China.jpg Robert Byron (1905–1941)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Albert Gates in Highland Fling by Nancy Mitford
Ben Gore in Blindness by Henry Green [18]
Denis Capel-Dunn (1903–1945)Books:
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts [17]
Fictional characters:
Kenneth Widmerpool in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Dudley Carew (1903–1981)Books:
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts [17]
Billie Carleton.jpg Billie Carleton (1896–1918)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Dora Carrington; Ralph Partridge; Lytton Strachey; Oliver Strachey; Frances Catherine Partridge (nee Marshall), 1923.jpg Dora Carrington (1893–1932)Fictional characters:
Betty Blyth in The Apes of God by Wyndham Lewis [18]
Waveney Hare Bicker-Caarten and Audrey Carten.jpg Audrey Carten (1900–1977)
Kenneth Carten (1911–1980)
Waveney Hare Bicker-Caarten and Audrey Carten.jpg Waveney Carten (1902–1990)
Barbara Cartland in 1925.jpg Barbara Cartland (1901–2000)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Ivy Gordon-Lennox by Philip de Laszlo.jpg Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck (1887–1982)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Mrs Cazalet and her Children (Victor Alexander Cazalet; Maud Lucia Cazalet (nee Heron-Maxwell); Edward Cazalet).jpg Victor Cazalet (1896–1943)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Lord David Cecil.jpg David Cecil (1902–1986)
LordExeter.jpg David Cecil (1905–1981)Portraits:
Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
William Chappell (1907–1994)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Nyina Georgijevna of Russia.jpg Nina Chavchavadze (1901–1974)Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation [11]
Gilbert Chesterton.jpg G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Edward Chichester (1903–1975)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Sheila Chisholm 1922.jpg Sheila Chisholm (1895–1969)
Diana Spencer-Churchill.jpg Diana Churchill (1909–1963)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
John Albert Edward William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough.jpg John Spencer-Churchill (1897–1972)Portraits:
1934, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Camille Clifford 2.jpg Camille Clifford (1885–1971)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Claud Cockburn.jpg Claud Cockburn (1904–1981)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Nevill Coghill (1899–1980)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Sibyl, Lady Colefax with Cecil Beaton.jpg Sibyl Colefax (1874–1950)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Ed Spain in The Blessing by Nancy Mitford [18]
Lady Diane Manners 1900 Bain.jpg Diana Cooper (1892–1986)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Mrs. Stitch, Evelyn Waugh novels
Lady Leone in Don't Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford
Lady Artemis Hooper in Aaron's Rod by D.H. Lawrence
Ruby, Lady Maclean in The Love and Envied by Enid Bagnold
Lady Queenie Paulle in The Pretty Lady by Arnold Bennett [18]
Newspaper articles:
Young People Take Big Treasure Hunt [19]
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
Duff Cooper MP (cropped).jpg Duff Cooper (1890–1954)Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
Gladys-Cooper-391751895630.jpg Gladys Cooper (1888–1971)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Young People Take Big Treasure Hunt [19]
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts [15]
Portraits:
Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Coward pestle.jpg Noël Coward (1899–1973)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Max Pilgrim in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Frederick Heyworth Cripps (1885–1977)Portraits:
1938, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Violet Cripps (1891–1983)Portraits:
1938, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Cruttwell.jpg C. R. M. F. Cruttwell (1887–1941)Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Alexandra Curzon (1904–1995)Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation [11]
Women Labour MPs.jpg Cynthia Curzon (1898–1933)
Georgiana Curzon.jpg Georgiana Curzon (1910–1976)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Mary Irene Curzon, Baroness Ravensdale.jpg Irene Curzon (1896–1966)Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation [11]
Mary Curzon, Lady Howe.jpg Mary Curzon (1887–1962)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Herman Rogers; Katherine Rogers; Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Peregrine Francis Adelbert Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow.jpg Peregrine Cust (1899–1978)Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
Hugh Dalton HU 059487.jpg Hugh Dalton (1887–1962)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Brenda Dean Paul.jpg Brenda Dean Paul (1907–1959)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts [17]
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party [16]
Napper Dean Paul (1904–1972)Books:
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts [17]
Warwick Deeping 1932.jpg Warwick Deeping (1877–1950)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Dunglass-Eton-and-Harrow-Match-1921.jpg Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Elizabeth Susan Douglas-Scott-Montagu.jpg Elizabeth Douglas-Scott-Montagu (1909–2002)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Tom Driberg.jpg Tom Driberg (1905–1976)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Railway Club at Oxford.jpg John Drury-Lowe (1905–1960)Books:
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
GeraldDM1205 228x390.jpg Gerald du Maurier (1873–1934)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Freda Dudley Ward.jpg Freda Dudley Ward (1894–1983)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts [15]
Alfred Duggan (1903–1964)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
(Helen) Diana (nee Bridgeman), Lady Abdy; Hubert John Duggan.jpg Hubert Duggan (1904–1943)Fictional characters:
Charles Stringham in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Dola Dunsmuir.jpg Dola Dunsmuir (1903–1966)
Anthony Eden (retouched).jpg Anthony Eden (1897–1977)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Edward Elgar.jpg Edward Elgar (1857–1934)Portraits:
Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
T.S. Eliot, 1923.JPG T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Lily Elsie (Mrs Bullough) by Sir James Jebusa Shannon.jpg Lily Elsie (1886–1962)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Baba, Baroness d'Erlanger.jpg Baba d'Erlanger (1901–1945)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Lady D'Erlanger.jpg Mimi d'Erlanger (1874–1959)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters
Countess Flor di Folio in Serena Blandish by Enid Bagnold
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Hamish St. Clair-Erskine.png Hamish St. Clair Erskine (1909–1973)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Highland Fling by Nancy Mitford
Sir Roderick "Bobby" Bobbin in Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford [18]
Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney, 1920s.jpg Gwen Farrar (1899–1944)
Mrs Reginald (Daisy) Fellowes by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).jpg Daisy Fellowes (1902–1945)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Portrait of Dorothy Fellowes-Gordon by The Parrish Sisters.png Dorothy Fellowes-Gordon (1891–1991)
GwenFfrangconDavies.jpg Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies (1891–1992)Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque [9]
Daphne Fielding.jpg Daphne Fielding (1904–1997)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1940, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Portrait of Ronald Firbank.jpg Ronald Firbank (1886–1926)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Michael Foot cropped.jpg Michael Foot (1913–2010)Portraits:
1948, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
E. M. Forster von Dora Carrington, 1924-25.jpg E. M. Forster (1879–1970)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Railway Club at Oxford.jpg Harry Fox-Strangways (1905–1964)Books:
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Gilbert Frankau.jpg Gilbert Frankau (1884–1952)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Frederic Yates conte crayon Sketch of Maxine Forbes-Robertson, age nine years.jpg Maxine Freeman-Thomas (b. 1901)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Essex French (1907–1996)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Violet Valerie Brougham (nee French), Lady Brougham and Vaux (later Mrs Kindersley).jpg Valerie French (1909–1997)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Helen Maud Gamble (nee Isherwood); Anthea Rosemary Carew (nee Gamble); Patrick Henry Noel Gamble by Cavendish Morton.jpg Anthea Gamble (1906–1960)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts [17]
Helen Maud Gamble (nee Isherwood); Anthea Rosemary Carew (nee Gamble); Patrick Henry Noel Gamble by Cavendish Morton.jpg Patrick Gamble (1904–1956)
Evelyn Gardner.jpg Evelyn Gardner (1903–1994)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Brenda Last in A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
Hon. (Ralph) Edward Gathorne-Hardy; Hon. Robert Gathorne-Hardy; Eardley Knollys and an unknown man.jpg Edward Gathorne-Hardy (1901–1978)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party [16]
Hon. (Ralph) Edward Gathorne-Hardy; Hon. Robert Gathorne-Hardy; Eardley Knollys and an unknown man.jpg Robert Gathorne-Hardy (1902–1973)
Paula Gellibrand.jpg Paula Gellibrand (1898–1986)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Serena Blandish by Enid Bagnold
Douglas Goldring.jpg Douglas Goldring (1887–1960)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Victor Gollancz (1893–1967)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Alastair Hugh Graham, young.jpg Alastair Graham (1904–1982)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Lord Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Robert Graves 1929 (cropped).jpg Robert Graves (1895–1985)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Railway Club at Oxford.jpg Henry Green (1905–1973)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
SF-Magazine-1963-January-1.jpg Graham Greene (1904–1991)Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Vile bodies.jpg Terence Greenidge (1902–1970)Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Ivor Guest (1903–1967)Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Aileen Guinness (1904–1999)
Diana Mitford and Bryan Guinness on their honeymoon in Taormina, Italy, 1929.png Bryan Guinness (1905–1992)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party [16]
Meraud, Tanis, & Loel Guinness.jpg Loel Guinness (1906–1988)Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Maureen Constance Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (nee Guinness), Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.jpg Maureen Guinness (1907–1998)
Meraud, Tanis, & Loel Guinness.jpg Meraud Guinness (1904–1993)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Hon. Mrs. Philip Leyland Kindersley (nee Oonagh Guinness).jpg Oonagh Guinness (1910–1995)Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Walter Guinness, Lord Moyne.jpg Walter Guinness (1880–1944)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Prince Alexander of Teck with his fellow officers, Lieutenant-Colonel Barry, Lieutenant Lord Claud Hamilton, Colonel and Prince Alexander at Nieuport, March 1915.jpg Claud Hamilton (1889–1975)Books:
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Patrick Hamilton (writer).jpg Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Roger Fry Nina Hamnett.jpg Nina Hamnett (1890–1965)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Doris Mary Therese Harcourt.jpg Doris Harcourt (1900–1981)Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation [11]
Allanah Harper.jpg Allanah Harper (1904–1992)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Pamela Harriman.jpg Pamela Harriman (1920–1997)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
John Heygate (1903–1976)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
John Beaver in A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
Sir Piers Tofield in Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight by Henry Williamson
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Lord Hailsham Allan Warren.jpg Quintin Hogg (1907–2001)Portraits:
1948, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
The Impersonation Party, 1927.jpg Inez Holden (1903–1974)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Wanda Holden.jpg Wanda Holden (1911–1956)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Vyvyan Holland (1886–1967)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Christopher Hollis (1902–1977)Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
David Horner (1900–1983)
Brian Howard.jpg Brian Howard (1905–1958)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts [17]
Fictional characters
Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Donald Butterboy in The Roaring Queen by Wyndham Lewis [18]
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party [16]
Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
William Cecil James Philip John Paul Howard Clonmore, 8th Earl of Wicklow.jpg William Howard (1902–1978)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Isherwood and Auden by Carl van Vechten, 1939.jpg Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Derek Jackson (1906–1982)
Audrey Evelyn James Coats.jpg Audrey James (1902–1968)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Edward James (1907–1984)Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Julia James by Bassano Ltd 1914.jpg Julia James (1890–1964)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
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Alec Waugh, A Year to Remember, A Reminiscence of 1931 Bloomsbury Reader, 1975
D.J. Taylor, Bright Young People - The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2007
John Montgomery, The Twenties, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1970
Portraits:
Graham Sutherland, 1954
Ida Kar, 1959
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1949, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Teresa Jungman in her 20s.jpg Baby Jungman (1907–2010)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Zita Jungman at 25.jpg Zita Jungman (1904–2006)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Marriage of a "Bright Young Person" [21]
Hugh Armigel Wade.jpg Barbara Ker-Seymer (1905–1993)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Nelson keys.png Nelson Keys (1886–1939)Newspaper articles:
Eminent Victorians [22]
George Harley Hay, 14th Earl of Kinnoull.jpg George Kinnoull (1902–1938)Newspaper articles:
Flaming Youth tries Britain's Patience [23]
Philip Leyland Kindersley (1907–1995)Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
George Alfred Kolkhorst (1897–1958)Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Hugh Moreland in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Osbert Lancaster (1908–1986)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
The-Count-of-Monte-Cristo-Donat-Landi.jpg Elissa Landi (1904–1948)Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
George Lascelles (1923–2011)Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
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1936, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
James Laver (1899–1975)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
D.H. Lawrence, 29 November 1915.jpg D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portrait of Gertrude Lawrence.jpg Gertrude Lawrence (1898–1952)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
James Lees-Milne (cropped).jpg James Lees-Milne (1908–1997)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Albert Gates in Highland Fling by Nancy Mitford [18]
Rosamond Lehmann with her brother John and Lytton Strachey.jpg Rosamond Lehmann (1901–1990)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
F. R. Leavis.jpg F. R. Leavis (1895–1978)Fictional characters:
J G Quiggin in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Tamara Toumanova & Serge Lifar.jpg Serge Lifar (1905–1986)Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
John "The Widow" Lloyd (1900–1978)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Anita Loos - Apr May 1920 MP.jpg Anita Loos (1889–1981)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Adele Astaire & Tilly Losch.jpg Tilly Losch (1903–1975)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Dorothy Lygon.jpg Lady Dorothy Lygon (1912–2001)Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Lady Cordelia Flyte in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Ranken Hugh Lygon 1927.jpg Hugh Lygon (1904–1936)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Fictional characters:
Lord Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Lady Lettice Cotterell (nee Lygon).jpg Lady Lettice Lygon (1906–1973)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Lady Mary Lygon by Ranken.jpg Lady Mary Lygon (1910–1982)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Lady Lettice Lygon and Lady Sibell Lygon, London, 1926.png Lady Sibell Lygon (1907–2005)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
William Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp.jpg William Lygon (1903–1979)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Malcolmmacdonald.jpg Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981)Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Julian MacLaren-Ross (1912–1964)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
X. Trapnel in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Reginald Manningham-Buller (1905–1980)Fictional characters:
Kenneth Widmerpool in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Edward Marjoribanks (1900–1932)Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
MortimerMarshallRylands.jpg Frances Marshall (1900–2004)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Rita Martin by Lallie Charles, c. 1907.jpg Rita Martin (1875–1958)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Maxwell, Elsie - by Carl van Vechten.jpg Elsa Maxwell (1883–1963)Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
William Acton, Margot Bendir, Elizabeth Ponsonby, Harry Melville, Babe Plunket Greene at David Tennant's party 1928.jpg Harry Melville (1908–2000)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque [9]
Anne Messell.jpg Anne Messel (1902–1992)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Oliver Messel and Peter Watson.jpg Oliver Messel (1904–1978)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Kate Meyrick.jpg Kate Meyrick (1875–1933)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor

Fictional characters:

Ma Mayfield in A Handful of Dust and Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh [24]
Newspaper articles:
Flaming Youth tries Britain's Patience [23]

Florence Mills in 'Dover Street to Dixie' at the London Pavilion.jpg Florence Mills (1896–1927)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Mitford family in 1928.jpg David Mitford (1878–1958)Fictional characters:
General Murgatroyd in Highland Fling by Nancy Mitford
Uncle Matthew in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford [18]
Deborah Mitford.jpg Deborah Mitford (1920–2014)Fictional characters:
Northey Mackintosh in Don't Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford
Linda Radlett in Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Linda Radlett in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford [18]
Diana Mitford by William Acton.jpg Diana Mitford (1910–2003)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Flaming Youth tries Britain's Patience [23]
Jessica Mitford, by William Acton.jpg Jessica Mitford (1917–1996)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Jassy Radlett in Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Jassy Radlett in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford [18]
Nancy Mitford.jpg Nancy Mitford (1904–1973)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Grace Marquise de Valhubert in Don't Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford [18]
Newspaper articles:
Lord Rennell's Son Engaged [25]
Pamela Mitford.jpg Pamela Mitford (1907–1994)
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Eugenia Malmains in Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford [18]
Ivan Moffat (1918–2002)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Gwen Mond, Lady Melchett, 1935.jpg Gwen Mond (d. 1982)Portraits:
1929, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Glyn Warren Philpot - Portrait of Henry Ludwig Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett of Landford.jpg Henry Mond (1898–1949)Portraits:
1929, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Trevisc.jpg Evan Morgan (1893–1949)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1929, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
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The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Morgan twins 1955.JPG Thelma Morgan (1904–1970)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
Edward Sackville-West, 5th Baron Sackville; Raymond Mortimer.jpg Raymond Mortimer (1895–1980)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Oswald Mosley by Glyn Warren Philpot.jpg Oswald Mosley (1896–1980)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Flaming Youth tries Britain's Patience [23]
Portraits:
1931, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Louis and Edwina Mountbatten 02.jpg Edwina Mountbatten (1901–1960)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
George Battenberg 2nd MH.png George Mountbatten (1892–1938)Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
Philpot, Glyn Warren; The Marchioness of Carisbrooke (1890-1956); Lady Lever Art Gallery.jpg Irene Mountbatten (1890–1956)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Louis and Edwina Mountbatten 02.jpg Louis Mountbatten (1900–1979)Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
Marchioness of Milford Haven, nee Nadejda Mikhailovna de Torby.jpg Nadejda Mountbatten (1896–1963)Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) - Herbert Mundin.jpg Herbert Mundin (1898–1939)Newspaper articles:
Eminent Victorians [22]
Basil Murray.jpg Basil Murray (1902–1937)Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Jasper Aspect in Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford [18]
Anna-neagle 1935.jpg Anna Neagle (1904–1986)Portraits:
1937, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Beverley Nichols.jpg Beverley Nichols (1898–1983)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Harold Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West, Rosamund Grosvenor, Lionel Sackville-West.jpg Harold Nicolson (1886–1968)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Richard Henry Brinsley Norton (1892–1954)Portraits:
1931, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Serge Obolensky by S.Sorin (1917).png Serge Obolensky (1890–1978)Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Mark Ogilvie-Grant.png Mark Ogilvy-Grant (1905–1969)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Fictional characters:
Sir Ivor King in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Nina Seafield.jpg Nina Ogilvy-Grant (1906–1969)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Jessie Smither.jpg Denise Orme (1885–1960)Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
George Orwell press photo.jpg George Orwell (1903–1950)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Erridge (Earl of Warminster) in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Elizabeth Longford wedding.jpg Frank Pakenham (1905–2001)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Erridge (Earl of Warminster) in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Richard Pares.jpg Richard Pares (1902–1958)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Gwen Parry Greene.jpg Gwen Parry (1878–1959)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Lady Mary Bridget Parsons.jpg Bridget Parsons (1907–1972)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Desmond Parsons.jpg Desmond Parsons (1910–1937)
Railway Club at Oxford.jpg Michael Parsons (1906–1979)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Dora Carrington; Ralph Partridge; Lytton Strachey; Oliver Strachey; Frances Catherine Partridge (nee Marshall), 1923.jpg Ralph Partridge (1894–1960)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Kathleen Pelham Burn 1918.jpg Kathleen Pelham Burn (1887–1966)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Monxa Sert, Penrose, Calder, Maria Lluisa Borras i Prats (Penrose cropped).jpg Roland Penrose (1900–1984)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Rosamond Pinchot.jpg Rosamond Pinchot (1904–1938)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Vile bodies.jpg David Plunket Greene (1904–1941)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts [17]
Fictional characters:
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Vile bodies.jpg Olivia Plunket Greene (1907–1958)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Hon. Agatha Runcible in Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
A Little Learning by Evelyn Waugh
Vile bodies.jpg Richard Plunket Greene (1901–1978)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Poldowski (Regine (nee Wieniawski), Lady Dean Paul).jpg Poldowski (1879–1932)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Arthur Ponsonby 1938.jpg Arthur Ponsonby (1871–1946)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party [16]
Society in London [26]
William Acton, Margot Bendir, Elizabeth Ponsonby, Harry Melville, Babe Plunket Greene at David Tennant's party 1928.jpg Elizabeth Ponsonby (1900–1940)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party [16]
Society in London [26]
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque [9]
Loelia, Duchess of Westminster, by William Acton.jpg Loelia Ponsonby (1902–1993)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Matthew Ponsonby (1904–1976)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Lady Bridget Poulett.jpg Lady Bridget Poulett (1912–1975)Portraits:
1933, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Anthony Powell with Violet on their wedding day in 1934.jpg Anthony Powell (1905–2000)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Isobel Tolland in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Anthony Powell with Violet on their wedding day in 1934.jpg Violet Powell (1912–2002)
John Charles Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden.jpg John Pratt (1899–1983)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1934, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B0708-0014-010, Oberstes Gericht, Globke-Prozess, Pitt.jpg Denis Pritt (1887–1972)Fictional characters:
Kenneth Widmerpool in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
J. B. Priestley.jpg J. B. Priestley (1894–1984)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Alan Payan Pryce-Jones.jpg Alan Pryce-Jones (1908–2000)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Sir Peter Courtney Quennell; James Stephens.jpg Peter Quennell (1905–1993)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Mark Members in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Sir Terence Rattigan Allan Warren.jpg Terence Rattigan (1911–1977)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Maurice Richardson (1907–1978)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Paul Robeson 1942 crop.jpg Paul Robeson (1898–1976)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Nancy Mitford's marriage to Peter Rodd in 1933.jpg Peter Rodd (1904–1968)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Fictional characters:
Basil Seal in the work of Evelyn Waugh is claimed by the author to have found basis in Peter Rodd. [27]
Lady Beech in Pigeon Pie by Nancy Mitford
Christian Talbot in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford [18]
Newspaper articles:
Lord Rennell's Son Engaged [25]
Oriel Ross.jpg Oriel Ross (1907–1994)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Sir John Rothenstein.jpg John Rothenstein (1901–1992)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Kennerley rumford baritone 01.jpg Kennerley Rumford (1870–1957)Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Vile bodies.jpg Elizabeth Russell (1899–1986)Fictional characters:
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Gordon Russell (1892–1980)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Hon. Alison Mary Barran (nee Hore-Ruthven).jpg Alison Ruthven (1902–1974)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Hon. Margaret Leslie Davies (nee Ruthven).jpg Peggy Ruthven (1902–1974)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]
Edward Sackville-West, 5th Baron Sackville; Raymond Mortimer.jpg Edward Sackville-West (1901–1965)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
David Warbeck in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford [18]
Harold Nicolson, Vita Sackville-West, Rosamund Grosvenor, Lionel Sackville-West.jpg Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Siegfried Sassoon by Glyn Warren Philpot 1917.jpeg Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Sibyl Sasson, Countess of Rocksavage.jpg Sybil Sassoon Newspaper articles:
Eminent Victorians [22]
John Seely (1899–1963)
Patrick Seely (1905–1966)Portraits:
1935, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Alison Settle.jpg Alison Settle (1891–1980)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
RH Louise Norma Shearer.png Norma Shearer (1902–1983)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Roger Fry - Edith Sitwell.jpg Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Lady Harriett Finnian-Shaw in The Apes of God by Wyndham Lewis [18]
Portraits:
1931, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Georgia Doble Sitwell by William Acton (1906-1945).jpg Georgia Sitwell (1906–1980)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Sargent - Familie Sitwell.jpg Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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Lord Osmund Finnian-Shaw in The Apes of God by Wyndham Lewis [18]
Sacheverell Sitwell in 1927.png Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Lord Phoebus Finnian-Shaw in The Apes of God by Wyndham Lewis [18]
Terence Skeffington-Smyth (1905–1936)
Barbara Skelton (1916–1996)Fictional characters:
Pamela Flitton in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith.jpg Eleanor Smith (1902–1945)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party [16]
Eminent Victorians [22]
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Lady Pamela Margaret Elizabeth Berry (nee Smith), Baroness Hartwell.jpg Pamela Smith (1915–1982)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Newspaper articles:
Eminent Victorians [22]
C. P. Snow (1905–1980)Fictional characters:
J G Quiggin in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Oscar Nathaniel Solbert.jpg Oscar Solbert (1885–1958)Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation [11]
Consuelo Vanderbilt.jpg Ivor Spencer-Churchill (1898–1956)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1931, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Stephen Spender (1909–1995)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Mark Members in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
BernardSpilsbury.jpg Bernard Spilsbury (1877–1947)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portrait of J. C. Squire.jpg J. C. Squire (1884–1958)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Jeanne Stourton (1913–1987)Portraits:
1933, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Alix Strachey (nee Sargant-Florence).jpg Alix Strachey (1892–1973)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
John Strachey by Lady Ottoline Morrell.jpg John Strachey (1901–1963)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Carrington - Strachey.jpg Lytton Strachey (1880–1932)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Matthew Plunkett in The Apes of God by Wyndham Lewis
Cedric Furber in The Self-Condemned by Wyndham Lewis [18]
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party [16]
Portraits:
1937, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Lois Sturt.jpg Lois Sturt (1900–1937)Newspaper articles:
Young People Take Big Treasure Hunt [19]
British Girl Holds Record as Art Model [28]
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts [15]
Portraits:
1929, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Napier Sturt, his sister Lois and brother in law Evan Morgan, in 1934.jpg Napier Sturt (1896–1940)Newspaper articles:
British Girl Holds Record as Art Model [28]
Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland.jpg Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1891–1943)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
Sutherland 5051564442 e0b37229f4 o.jpg George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1888–1963)Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
Railway Club at Oxford.jpg John Sutro (1903–1985)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Christopher Sykes (1907–1986)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
A. J. A. Symons (1900–1941)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Julian Symons (1912–1994)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
At Rozenovskaya.jpg Stephen Tallents (1884–1958)Books:
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Paul Tanqueray (1905–1941)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor (1906–1990)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
David Tennant (1902–1968)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party [16]
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque [9]
Portraits:
1927, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Stephen Tennant (1906–1987)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Lord Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Ernest Thesiger by William Ranken.jpg Ernest Thesiger (1897–1961)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Railway Club at Oxford.jpg Henry Thynne (1905–1992)Books:
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster [8]
Portraits:
1940, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Dorothy Todd (b. 1883)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Modigliani - Female nude (Iris Tree).jpg Iris Tree (1897–1978)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Young People Take Big Treasure Hunt [19]
Violatree1906.jpg Viola Tree (1884–1938)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Young People Take Big Treasure Hunt [19]
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts [15]
Head of a Young Woman, 1919, 2.jpg Violet Trefusis (1894–1972)Fictional characters:
Lady Montdore in Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford [18]
Clarita de Uriburu.jpg Clarita de Uriburu (1908–1995)Books:
The Book of Beauty of Cecil Beaton [13]
Rudolph Valentino.jpg Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1902–1955)Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Self-Portrait of Carl Van Vechten Crisco edit.jpg Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Consuelo Vanderbilt5.jpg Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877–1964)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Hugh Armigel Wade.jpg Hugh Wade (1907–1949)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Edward Wadsworth.jpg Edward Wadsworth (1889–1949)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
William Walton (1902–1983)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Hugh Walpole circa 1915.jpg Hugh Walpole (1884–1941)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Edward Frederick Ward (1907–1987)Portraits:
Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
George Ward (1907–1988)Portraits:
Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Barbara Waring.jpg Barbara Waring (1911–1990)
Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978)
Oliver Messel and Peter Watson.jpg Peter Watson (1908–1956)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Alec Waugh by Bassano.jpg Alec Waugh (1898–1981)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Evelynwaugh.jpeg Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
Anthony Edward Wolseley Weldon (1902–1971)Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam; 8th Earl Fitzwilliam (2).jpg Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (1910–1948)Portraits:
1934, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Rex Whistler - Self-Portrait 1934.jpg Rex Whistler (1905–1944)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Dorothywilde.jpg Dolly Wilde (1895–1941)Books:
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts [17]
Sunday Wilshin.jpg Sunday Wilshin (1905–1991)
Harold Wilson (1967).jpg Harold Wilson (1916–1995)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Alastair Arthur, Earl of MacDuff.png Alastair Windsor (1914–1943)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
George 1st Kent.png Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942)Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard (1907–1984) [14]
Prince-Edward-Duke-of-Windsor-King-Edward-VIII.jpg Edward, Prince of Wales (1894–1972)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Young People Take Big Treasure Hunt [19]
Flaming Youth tries Britain's Patience [23]
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts [15]
Frances Margaret Irby.jpg Frances Wodehouse (1884–1950)Newspaper articles:
Eminent Victorians [22]
P.G. Wodehouse, 1930.jpg P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Anna May Wong - portrait.jpg Anna May Wong (1905–1961)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
1st Earl of Halifax 1947.jpg Edward Wood (1881–1959)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Douglas Woodruff (1897–1978)Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter [7]
George Charles Beresford - Virginia Woolf in 1902 - Restoration.jpg Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton [13]
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Mrs Rhoda Hyman in The Roaring Queen by Wyndham Lewis [18]
Olivia Wyndham (1897–1967)Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts [17]
Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque [9]
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts [15]
Joan Yarde-Buller.jpg Joan Yarde-Buller (1908–1997)Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society [20]
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party [12]

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