Word: malcolm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Charles Muggeridge, 20, son of Malcolm Muggeridge, editor of Britain's famed humor magazine Punch; after he was hurled 300 yds. down a rocky face of Peak Brévent by an avalanche while on a skiing trip; near Chamonix, France...
...modern diplomacy. In full view of the world, and unexpectedly, they had fallen flat on their faces. What had gone wrong? Hadn't they forehandedly sent Malenkov ahead, and hadn't he reported the atmosphere friendly? Of course, all those disagreeable press fellows led by Punch Editor Malcolm Muggeridge had been stirring up trouble. And it had been a serious tactical mistake to send Khrushchev's unsavory friend, MVD General Ivan Serov, to check up on security precautions. But something deeper was involved in Britain's changed mood. Its root lay in Khrushchev's recent...
...political cartoonists, L. G. (for Leslie Gilbert) Illingworth, 53, of Punch and London's Daily Mail, was long regarded as one of the best draftsmen, but weak on ideas. In recent months he has gained new attention by his work for Punch, where the satiric ideas of Editor Malcolm Muggeridge often guide the Illingworth hand. A recent Illingworth-Muggeridge view of British politics showed Prime Minister Eden and Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell, both dressed as Nero, saying to each other: "I can fiddle a damned sight better than you." Other favorite targets have included Eisenhower, Bulganin and Khrushchev...
Beautiful and sad, the Lamente Della Ninfa, sung by Sarah-Jane Smith, the Nymph, and a supporting Chorus including Malcolm Ticknor, John Crawford, and Thomas Beveridge. Miss Smith interpreted her plaintive melodies very expressively, while the deep-voiced Chorus provided rich contrast. The form of this work, that of a Greek Play in miniature, is truly Renaissance, but the feeling is so direct and unrestrained as to anticipate later eras...
...aristocratic country squire who made a brilliant record as a classics scholar and orator at Oxford in the '20s. At Christ Church College he argued Asian affairs with Upperclassman Anthony Eden, was often disturbed at study by boisterous parties in Eden's rooms. He once beat out Malcolm MacDonald, Britain's High Commissioner in India, for secretary of the Oxford Union...