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Bertrand Russell
(1872—1970) philosopher, journalist, and political campaigner
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Apostles
An exclusive intellectual society formed in Cambridge in 1820, for the purpose of friendship and formal discussion. During the 19th‐cent. members included A. Hallam, Tennyson, Milnes, and R. C. ...
Crome Yellow
A novel by A. Huxley, published in 1921. First establishing Huxley's reputation for witty dialogue and cynically funny observation, it has usually been read as a roman-à-clef, satirizing Ottoline ...
Lady Ottoline Morrell
(1873–1938),patron of the arts and hostess. From 1908 she entertained a wide circle of political and literary celebrities at her Thursday evening gatherings at 44 Bedford Square, and then at ...
New Statesman
A weekly journal of politics, art, and letters, originally planned as an organ of the Fabian Society. It was first published in 1913 with Clifford Sharp as editor, J. C. Squire as literary editor, ...
Russell, Bertrand Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English
(1872–1970),
3rd Earl Russell, British philosopher, born in Trellech, Gwent, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He published prolifically on a wide range of social, ...
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Time and Tide
A weekly magazine of literature and current affairs begun in 1920 by Margaret Haig Thomas (1883–1958), Viscountess Rhondda, who appointed Helen Archdale as editor. Well received from the outset for ...
