The Lost Girls Read online

  Margaret, Princess 311

  Marsh, Edward 82

  Mascolo, Dionys 240

  Mass Observation 116

  Matisse, Henri 191

  Mattli, Jo 91, 260

  Maugham, W. Somerset 66, 219, 235

  Mayor, F.M., The Rector’s Daughter 161

  Meade, Bertha 113–14

  Merleau-Ponty, Maurice 238–9, 240, 241–2, 246, 254, 319

  Merrick, Leonard, ‘The Tale that Wouldn’t Do’ 23

  Metcalf, Dorry 212

  Miller, Henry 67

  Miller, Lee 64

  Mitford, Nancy xi, 61, 153, 180, 188, 309, 329

  biographical writings 327

  The Blessing 291–2

  correspondence with Evelyn Waugh 9, 157, 187, 199, 212, 216, 218, 222, 223, 228, 229, 267–8, 270–1, 291, 295, 314, 321

  on Cyril Connolly 157, 218, 223, 290–1

  death of 327

  The Pursuit of Love 127, 309

  Waugh on 309

  Mitford, Pamela 316

  Moore, Marianne 217

  Mortimer, Raymond 119, 151, 320, 332

  Mosley, Diana, Lady 125

  Mount, Ferdinand 337

  Mount, Lady Julia 191

  Moynihan, Rodrigo 118

  ‘Mozart Party’ 27

  Muggeridge, Malcolm 244, 247, 248, 249, 319

  Myers, John 238, 245

  El Nahas, Mostafa 168

  Nasser, Gamal Abdel 330

  Nelson, Michael 74, 288

  A Room in Chelsea Square 288–90

  neo-Romantic poetry 79

  New Statesman 36, 39, 64–5, 68, 79, 119, 238

  New Verse 57

  New Women 22

  New Writing 68, 81, 122

  New Yorker 264, 313

  Newbolt, Henry 36

  Newhouse, Natalie 261

  Newton, Robert 261

  Nicolson, Harold 66

  Nut-house club, London 191

  Obelisk Press 37

  Obolensky, Alice 314

  Observer 76, 80

  Orr-Ewing, Ian 146

  Orwell, Eileen 231

  Orwell, George xi, 5–6, 8, 35, 37, 71, 80, 81–2, 140, 141, 144, 147, 198, 204, 216, 227, 230–3, 338

  Animal Farm 231, 319

  Burmese Days 230, 243

  A Clergyman’s Daughter 161

  Collected Journalism, Letters and Essays 319–20

  Coming Up for Air 243

  death of 250–1, 253

  funeral of 319

  home on Jura 240–1

  Horizon contributor 67, 80

  The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius 140

  Nineteen Eighty-Four 233, 242, 244, 246, 254, 303–6, 319

  tuberculosis 232–3, 242–50

  Orwell, Sonia (née Brownell, later, Pitt-Rivers) ix, x, 6–7, 31, 109–24, 151, 198, 218, 229–51, 253–4, 301, 319–21

  abortion 238

  Anthony Powell on 244, 245

  background and early life 112–15

  beauty 18, 42

  boating tragedy 114–15

  characteristics 111, 117, 199, 238, 320

  Cyril Connolly and 18, 109, 110, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 196, 234–5, 236, 246, 247, 254, 263, 277, 278, 279, 332

  death of 321

  Evelyn Waugh on 198–9

  family, relationship with 273–4

  father figures 117–18

  in fiction 30, 302–6

  financial insecurity 190

  Horizon and 109–10, 118, 119, 121, 122–3, 124, 185, 186, 189, 225, 226, 227, 228, 234–5, 236–41, 242, 305

  lesbianism, myth of 196

  loathing of religion 112–13

  marries George Orwell 229–30, 243–9

  Maurice Merleau-Ponty and 238–9, 240, 241–2, 246, 254, 319

  Michael Pitt-Rivers and 320

  Orwell’s death and 250–1, 319

  Orwell’s literary executor 319–20

  ‘painter’s girl’ 117

  Peter Watson and 123, 124, 187, 227, 236–7, 238, 245, 250, 313

  Stephen Spender and vi, 109–10, 111, 117, 119, 120, 122, 195

  war work 119–20, 122, 193

  William Coldstream and 117, 118, 119, 121

  Orwell Archive 195, 254, 319

  Osterley Park 139–40, 143

  Owen, Peter 326

  Oxford University 36, 81

  Paget, Celia 73, 230, 231, 304

  Pakenham, Lady Violet 25–7, 168

  Palace Gate, London 181

  Palewski, Colonel Gaston 327

  Pares, Richard 204

  Parladé, Jaime 318–19

  Parladé, Janetta (née Woolley, then Slater, then Kee, then Jackson) ix, x, 7, 41–55, 122, 134, 137–58, 195, 196, 240–1, 335–44

  abortion 55

  abrasive side 188–9

  Arthur Koestler and 317

  background and early life 19, 43–8

  on Barbara Skelton 337

  beauty and allure 18, 42, 43, 138, 187

  book illustrator 212

  children 144, 147, 213–14, 316, 317

  Cyril Connolly and 31, 50–3, 58–9, 98, 141, 146, 152–3, 155, 157, 158, 199, 338, 339–44

  death of 319, 339

  Derek Jackson and 264, 316–17, 337

  estranged from sister 317

  on Evelyn Waugh 337–8

  Evelyn Waugh on 199

  family, relationship with 273, 274

  Feliks Topolski and 96, 150, 187, 214–15

  first affair 19

  George Weidenfeld on vi

  Horizon and 143–4, 225, 226, 336–8

  Hugh Slater and 21, 53–5, 140–1, 142, 143, 340, 344

  Jaime Parladé and 318–19

  Kenneth Sinclair-Loutit and 138–9, 143, 144, 147–8, 148–9, 150–1, 152, 153–4, 155–6, 157–8, 340

  on Lys Lubbock 200, 336–7

  post-war life 316–19

  reminiscences 194, 336–8

  Robert Kee and 154, 155, 156, 212–13, 214, 215, 264, 316

  Sonia Orwell and 245–6, 248, 319, 321, 336, 337

  in Spain during the Civil War 45–7

  Stephen Spender and 41–2

  in Sussex Place 207, 208, 212–13

  war work 144

  Partridge, Burgo 43, 48–50, 331

  Partridge, Frances xii, 48–9, 145–6, 157, 198, 199, 213, 331

  on Cyril Connolly 69

  death of 331

  Janetta Parladé and 18, 21, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 55, 141–2, 143, 144, 146, 148–9, 150, 151, 152, 153–4, 155, 156, 157, 187–8, 195, 199, 214, 316–17, 318

  on Lys 200, 215–16

  on Orwell’s marriage to Sonia 248–9

  published diaries 331

  on Sonia Orwell 320

  Partridge, Ralph xii, 45, 47, 48–50, 55, 151, 154, 156, 157, 198, 213, 331

  Pasmore, Victor 110, 116, 117

  Paz, Octavio 67

  Peck, Marilyn 328

  Pelly, Dennis 28

  Peyrefitte, Roger 305

  Piper, John 110

  Pitt-Rivers, Michael 320

  Plante, David 109

  Players’ Theatre Club 91

  Ponsonby, Elizabeth 27, 28

  Popham, Anne 231–2, 233, 304

  Powell, Anthony 24, 26, 117, 197, 248, 249, 338

  Barbara Skelton and 287–8, 298–302, 307–8

  Books Do Furnish a Room 30–1, 287, 298, 302–3

  A Buyer’s Market 115

  on Cyril Connolly 1, 69–70

  A Dance to the Music of Time 287, 298–303

  Infants of the Spring 1

  The Military Philosophers 298, 299–301

  Sonia Orwell and 244, 245

  Temporary Kings 298, 302

  What’s Become of Waring 131

  Powell, Violet see Pakenham, Violet

  Priestley, J.B. 67, 79, 113

  Pryce-Jones, Alan 32, 65, 73, 208

  Punch 23

  Queen Street, London 259, 260, 264
, 268

  Queen’s Gate, London 128

  Queneau, Raymond 238

  Quennell, Joyce see Dyson Taylor, Joyce

  Quennell, Peter xi, 6, 8, 15–17, 64, 69, 76–7, 81, 180, 256, 257, 327–8

  Barbara Skelton and 15, 16, 85, 86, 90, 93–5, 96–102, 106, 164, 170–3, 175–6, 186–7, 189–90, 191, 256, 258, 263, 308–10, 311

  Cyril Connolly and 15–16, 33, 52, 75–6, 78

  death of 328

  fights with Feliks Topolski 95

  Joyce (Glur) and 15, 52, 53, 93, 103–6, 107, 325

  knighthood 328

  on the Lost Girls vi, 10, 17, 200

  The Marble Foot 328

  Marilyn Peck and 328

  Sonia Leon and 328

  The Wanton Chase 328

  Rae, Kenneth 180–1

  Rauf, Ali Bulent 324

  Rauf, Angela see Culme-Seymour, Angela

  Raw, Kenneth 180–1

  Rayner, Joan see Leigh Fermor, Joan

  Rayner, John 179, 180, 181

  Redesdale, Lady 28

  Reed, Carol 105

  Rees, Richard 244

  Richards, Vernon 250

  Richardson, Vice-Marshal Sir Victor 148

  Ritz, London 8, 15, 20, 63, 91, 102

  Rodd, Peter 180

  Roethke, Theodore 189

  Rogers, Claude 116, 117

  Ross, Alan 222

  Rothemere, Lady 311

  Rowse, A.L. 204

  Ruthven, Trix 127

  Sackville-West, Eddie 43

  Salkeld, Brenda 104

  Sartre, Jean-Paul 78, 238

  Savaigo, Pierre 260

  Savoy Grill, London 26

  Sayers, Michael 230

  Schiaparelli, Elsa 18, 88

  Second World War

  Blitz 1, 71, 91, 119–21, 134, 181, 193–4

  end of 258

  outbreak of 58

  Sevier, Michael 90

  Shaw, George Bernard 92, 170

  Sheldon, Michael 336

  Friends of Promise 315, 316

  Shepheard’s Hotel, Cairo 168, 173

  Sheridan, Richard Brinsley 87

  Sikorski, General 92

  Silvers, Bob 323

  Silverstone, Thora 137, 139

  Sinclair-Loutit, Kenneth 137–9, 143, 144, 146, 147–51, 152, 153–4, 155–6, 157–8, 176–7, 188–9, 229–30, 246, 329, 338, 340

  Sitwell, Osbert 58, 208

  Sitwell, Sacheverell 67

  Skelton, Barbara (then Connolly, then Weidenfeld, then Jackson) ix, x, 6, 18–19, 85–102, 163–78, 186–7, 198, 255–71, 307–12, 321–4, 333

  abortions 88, 195

  Anthony Powell and 287–8, 298–302, 307–8

  attracted to violence 166, 260

  BBC employee 258

  beauty and allure 18, 42–3, 93, 256, 322

  Born Losers 307

  capriciousness 21, 87, 89, 98, 99, 100, 101–2, 200–1

  the Cot (Kent cottage) 90, 96, 102, 260, 264

  Cyril Connolly and 16, 31, 85, 86, 98, 200, 261–5, 266, 267–71, 310–11, 321–2, 322, 323, 326, 332–3

  death of 323–4

  Derek Jackson and 323, 337

  Edmund Wilson on vi

  elusiveness 255–6, 257

  Evelyn Waugh on 199, 267–8

  family background and early life 19, 87–8

  family, relationship with 273, 274–5

  fatalism 94, 166, 322

  Feliks Topolski and 86, 91–2, 94–6, 98, 100, 101, 164, 170, 172, 173, 256–7, 258, 260, 262

  in fiction 30, 287–8, 298–302

  financial insecurity 190

  first affair 88

  George Weidenfeld and 322, 337

  ill-health 259

  Indian adventure 89–90

  King Farouk and 173–5, 177–8, 265–7, 330–1

  leisure haunts 190–1

  lesbian tendencies 196, 260

  A Love Match 307, 310

  low spirits 91, 94, 163, 258, 264

  on Lys Lubbock 200

  memoirist 310–11

  modelling 88, 90, 260

  moves to New York 323

  multiple casual affairs 92, 171, 172, 173, 257, 260, 261, 321, 323

  outsider status 200

  peripatetic lifestyle 91, 189–90, 257–61

  pet animals 321, 323

  Peter Quennell and 15, 16, 85, 86, 90, 93–5, 96–102, 106, 164, 170–3, 175–6, 186–7, 189–90, 191, 256, 258, 263, 308–10, 311

  posted to Egypt as cipher clerk 102, 163–78

  sulkiness 18–19, 200, 263–4, 269

  Tears Before Bedtime 307

  war work 94, 102, 163–78, 257

  Weep No More 307

  A Young Girl’s Touch 86–7, 163–4, 173–5, 176, 185, 192–3, 307, 308–10, 321

  Slater, Hugh 53–5, 71, 119, 138, 139–41, 142, 143, 340, 344

  Smith, Logan Pearsall 36, 82

  Smith, Matthew 92

  Smith, Reggie 169

  social categorisations, new 22

  social mobility 197–8

  Spanish Civil War 45–7, 137, 138, 139, 147

  Spender, Natasha 147

  Spender, Stephen xi, 56, 62, 72, 81, 104, 109, 132, 180, 314–15, 328, 332

  Collected Poems 328

  on Cyril Connolly 32–3, 34

  death of 328

  Horizon and 58, 65, 71, 109–10, 118, 195, 222, 226–7

  Janetta Parladé and 41–2

  knighthood 328

  on the Lost Girls 187

  marries Natasha Litvin 74

  Sonia Orwell and vi, 109–10, 111, 117, 119, 120, 122, 195

  World Within World 328

  Spurling, Hilary 17, 113, 117, 238, 303, 305

  Stein, Gertrude 54

  Stevens, Wallace 217

  Stiebel, Victor 90

  Stonier, G.W. 238

  Strachey, Julia 69

  Strachey, Lytton 144, 156

  Stroheim, Erich von 299

  Sunday Times 261, 332

  Sussex Place, London 153, 154, 207–8, 221, 262–3, 268, 269, 270, 271

  Sutherland, Graham 110

  Sutro, John 135, 180, 258–9, 263, 268, 307, 310

  Sydney-Turner, Saxon 158

  Sykes, Christopher 75, 180

  Symons, Julian 82–3

  Tatler 125, 133

  Tennant, David 191

  Thackeray, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair 89

  Theatre Club, London 191

  Thomas, Dylan 8, 227

  Tickerage, Sussex 131–2, 192, 261

  Topolski, Daniel 328

  Topolski, Feliks xi, 42, 98, 100, 101, 164, 170, 172, 173

  Barbara Skelton and 86, 91–2, 94–6, 98, 100, 101, 164, 170, 172, 173, 256–7, 258, 260, 262

  death of 328

  fights with Peter Quennell 95, 191

  Janetta Parladé and 96, 150, 187, 214–15

  war artist 92

  Toynbee, Philip 270, 271

  Treat, Gerda 93, 258, 260

  Tribune 80, 144

  Tynan, Kenneth 323

  Urquhart, Francis 36

  Ustinov, Peter 91

  V1 and V-2 flying bombs 193

  Valéry, Paul 78

  Villiers, François 258

  Vinaver, Eugène 115–16, 118

  Vogue 18, 64

  Walpole, Hugh 66–7, 79

  Warburg, Fred 242

  Warhol, Andy 323

  Warwick-Evans, Charles 104

  Warwick-Evans, Joyce see Dyson Taylor, Joyce

  Watson, Sir George 56

  Watson, Peter xi, 55–8, 65, 67, 71, 78, 81, 110, 122, 161–2, 181, 192, 207, 212, 217, 221, 228, 235–7, 242, 288, 314, 338

  Cecil Beaton and 56

  death of 331

  in fiction 288, 289

  friendship with Cyril Connolly 56–8, 209–11, 216, 222, 235, 262, 331

  homosexuality 56

  Horizon proprietorship 57, 58, 65

  Sonia Orwell and 123, 124, 187, 22
7, 236–7, 238, 245, 250, 313

  Stephen Spender on 56

  wealth 56

  Watson, Susan 230, 232–3

  Waugh, Alec, “Sir”, She Said 15, 24–5

  Waugh, Evelyn xi, 6, 8, 36, 37, 58, 69, 81, 197, 198, 227, 246, 259, 337–8

  A Little Learning 327

  Brideshead Revisited 26

  correspondence with Nancy Mitford 9, 157, 187, 199, 212, 216, 218, 222, 223, 228, 229, 267–8, 270–1, 291, 295, 314, 321

  Cyril Connolly and 9, 51, 66, 67, 75, 78, 137, 153, 208, 222, 255, 270–1, 290–1

  death of 327

  on the Lost Girls 198–9

  The Loved One 80, 217

  on Lys Lubbock vi, 75, 78, 198, 293

  on Nancy Mitford 309

  on Sonia Orwell 229, 293

  on Stephen Spender 328

  Sword of Honour 292–5, 327

  Unconditional Surrender 292–3, 327

  Vile Bodies 27, 28

  Waugh, Laura 205

  Weidenfeld, George vi, 258, 321–2, 337

  Weidenfeld & Nicolson 319

  Welch, Denton 162

  Welles, Orson 311

  Wertheim Gallery 160

  Wesley, Mary 194–5

  West, Rebecca 319

  White, Antonia 112, 226

  White Tower, London 190

  Wilson, Angus 227

  Wilson, Edmund vi

  Windsor, Duke and Duchess of 219

  Wintringham, Tom 138, 139, 141

  Wishart, Michael 89, 322

  High Diver 41

  Witherby, Diana x, 70, 71–2, 142–3, 143, 150, 151, 196–7, 215, 230

  children 325

  Cyril Connolly and 31, 32–3, 38, 58, 66, 70, 71–2, 196, 197, 277, 278, 279, 280–2, 342, 343

  death of 325

  financial insecurity 190

  Horizon and 70, 74, 225

  marries Samuel Cooke 325

  poetry 325

  Woodcock, George 305

  Woods, Helen Emily see Kavan, Anna

  Woolf, Virginia 31, 66, 67, 162

  ‘The Leaning Tower’ 81

  Woolley, Geoffrey 43, 44, 127, 135, 141, 145–6, 273, 274

  Sometimes a Soldier 44

  Woolley, Jan 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 54, 129, 134, 139, 142, 145, 146, 273

  Woolley, Janetta see Parladé, Janetta

  Woolley, Rollo 43, 47, 142, 145–6, 148, 150

  Worsley, T.C. 119

  Worsthorne, Peregrine 106, 107

  Wyatt, Woodrow 187, 199, 245

  Wyndham, Dick 180, 192, 218

  Wyndham, Francis 235

  Wyndham Lewis, D.B. 92

  Yeoman’s Row, London 66, 70

  . . . adventurous young women who flitted around London, alighting briefly here and there, and making the best of any random perch on which they happened to descend . . . They were not lost in the Victorian meaning of the term; often they had highly respectable families, with whom they sometimes corresponded; nor was their private behaviour always notably promiscuous. What distinguished them – and used to touch my heart – was their air of waywardness and loneliness. They were courageous, too, and seemed perfectly capable of existing without any thought for past or future.