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Married. Arthur Wyndham Baldwin, 32, younger son of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin; and Joan Elspeth Tomes, 34; in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 7, 1936 | 9/7/1936 | See Source »

...Engaged. Wyndham Baldwin, 32, younger son of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin; and Elspeth Tomes, 34, of New York City and Lossiemouth, Scotland; in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 3, 1936 | 8/3/1936 | See Source »

...looked as if Ben was to go partnerless. The only woman in his life, besides his beloved sister, was Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, wife of his close friend and almost like a mother to him. But when Lewis died Ben discovered a more than filial affection for Mary Anne, and it took him less than the traditional widow's year to overcome her scruples. Author Thane leaves him on the threshold of his career and on her doorstep, with the Premiership in the future and Mary Anne's answer just inside the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dizzy | 3/16/1936 | See Source »

...bird had flown to the roof of a nearby undertaking establishment where he spread an iridescent tail, fan-fashion, to show his pursuers he was a peacock not a vulture. He remained there until a policeman reached the roof, then took wing, flapped his way to the Hotel Wyndham, paused until his pursuers were in roping distance, flew away once more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Cock of the Walk | 11/25/1935 | See Source »

...theatre in exactly the same state of mind as the average London citizen. The former has a weakness for plays that tighten and then jangle his nerves. Our London audiences like to be gently moved, to melt into the rose-tinted twilight of the Haymarket or Wyndham's, because of some fairy-tale nonsense." Thus putting his finger on the reason many an English play fails in New York, British Playwright Priestley proceeded to bring forth a typical one, about a shopworn actress who returns to her old home. Nervous New Yorkers found it too gentle, too rose-tinted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 4, 1935 | 11/4/1935 | See Source »

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