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Lewis scarcely nods toward the more prosaic functions of autobiography. He comes onstage at 30, blithely, without mention of past or parents or education. Much of the book is devoted to his encounters with writers, government figures, Mayfair snobs and rich art patronesses. There are adequate but curiously distant sections on World War I and its aftermath. But it was the war of words, in which he could choose the issues and the weapons, that Lewis relished most. So will his readers...
Some Problems. The liaison was well known in Mayfair circles, but last week, when the earl's wife started divorce proceedings on grounds of adultery, it became public knowledge. It was the first time that a member of the royal family had been named as the guilty partner in such a suit. The earl will not contest the case; he intends to marry his new lady "if and when they are legally free...
...your-own drink parties in the London Hilton, the typical tippler has cut his intake from six to four. Already four Mayfair hotels have received cancellations on eight major Christmas celebrations. Christmas buying usually begins in mid-November, but this year it has not begun yet. The nation of shopkeepers grumbles that sales of television sets are down more than one-third from last year, and sales of autos are down more than onequarter. These are a few of the outward results of Prime Minister Wilson's program to achieve national economic strength through deflation. And the indications...
...Times of London sadly observes, "a stroll past any building site, a visit to any factory gives the real clue to the country's troubles." One day last week, the sun poked through the haze above Mayfair just after the "elevenses" tea break and just before the lunch break. All work on a Curzon Street building stopped as the construction gang peeled off shirts and spread-eagled across the masonry for a sun tan. On English docks from Liverpool to Southampton, 14-man gangs of stevedores can be found idly following the forklift trucks that replaced them. When...
...worst dining out in the Western world now has a variety and a class of restaurants that rival New York or even Paris. The little restaurants of Soho are unpretentious but ever so In, beginning with the Trattoria Terrazza (especially its downstairs Positano Room). Tiberio's in Mayfair, with its band and dancing, draws the smart set for later dinners, and other popular In spots are the Mirabelle in Mayfair, L'Etoile and the White Tower in Bloomsbury. London's restaurants and clubs are, of course, famed for their superb wine cellars, and wine is a frequent...