Sept 1 Tuesday
Troy. Lunch with Kyllmann at Etoile: talked about Dictionary.
To Mr Deeds goes to Town1936 film, directed by Frank Capra eds. with Jenny
David
Sam
To Spread it Along
Abroad
a London revue, with music by Harold Link, Jack Strachey, and Eric Maschwitz. eds with James & Mary, David & Jenny. Nelson Keys & good ballet. Bought Jenny garnet brooch: she & David had bought Laura an aquamarine & paste ring.
* &
Talked to Catherine o
New glasses from Curry & Paxton.
Bought Meccanoa toy eds. for Sam & hairbrushes for David and met Sterling again (at Selfridges). Prevented from going to Spain by medical guild regulation.
Sept 2 Wednesday
Saw David & Sam off to Harlech, after helping tidy up Maisie's flat.
With Jenny to settle her in Curzon House & discuss the whole financial problem. Lunch at Mrs Cook's (American)restaurant? eds. near Leicester Square.
Then shopping: shirts from Marshall & Snelgrove, Laura's shoes from Rayne's and at Little Gallery a tea service 37/6, a patchwork quilt £5.5, 6 sherry glasses at 4/shillings eds. each, an ash chair 30/-, beads for Laura. Met Sterling for the 3rd time near Nottingham Place. Forgot to phone Karl who got alarmed: with him down Tott. Court road to eat modestly and see news reel: after visit from Glendinning fixing up Ant contract.
Enclosure – Letter from
Catherine Nicholson
Erinfa,
Harlech,
W. Wales
Sept 2nd. Wed.
Dear Father,
I was so happy to be able to speak to you for the first time since you went to Spain. I will see you then, on Wed 9th
unless you think that that will mean too short a time for me to stay in London. I will have to go back on the 15th to Sutton Veny as I have to get my school things in readiness for the 18th.
I am so looking forward to seeing Sam and David this afternoon as it is so infernally dull without them.
Last night it was very funny when the wireless was switched on to very vulgar comedy. Grandmother looked up suddenly
and said Is that English?
thinking that we had got on to a foreign station.
I am awfully excited about Jenny and
the probability of jobs. I will ask David what he knows about them.
We had lovely weather up here for a few days but now that the boys are turning up it turns unpleasant again.
Love to Laura. Love to all
XXXX Love from Catherine.XXXX
Sept 3 Thursday
10 o clock – 12 visit from Michael Roberts: prospects of a book by him about Science & English (vocabulary) talk about Grigson, Yeats, Bronowski etc.
Troy in afternoon.
Rang up Cape for Arnie's address (Utah or somewhere) & told him my feelings.
Supper with Norman.
Caviare
Caviar
& bread & butter, Moselle nectarines in his British Grove
Hammersmith KG studio: details of Elfriede's death.
First rain since we have been here.
Sept 4 Friday.
Troy all morning.
Afternoon bought a table (25/-)25 shillings? (20 shillings=£1) eds., 6 tumblers 4/- each, ordered sofa cushions – Tottenham Court Road district.
It showered all day, so we did not go to the Caledonian Market with
James
Harry Kemp as arranged.
Depressing news of the fall of Irun & arrival of German & Italian planes for the rebels.
In the evening finished checking Troy
Chapter? 6, the end.
At night long walk with Laura down Oxford Street etc exploring.
Another odd letter fron Savage.
Sept 5 Saturday
Troy a little. Decided to distemper flat, & go away during the process.
Shopping – 2 Dunn hats 15/- – and visit to Buddy Bradley's Dance Hall, where picked up Jenny for lunch at Cervantes Spanish
Rest
Restaurant
. Thun Thunderstorm (couple killed in Hyde Park) and headache.
Jenny distressed by bad photograph.
Revised contract of Antigua made out in Seizin Press name.
Saw Kitty West.
McCormacks came & took us down in their car to Old Bursledon, having coffee on the way at Camberley.
Sept 6 Sunday
Troy a little. Shown over the garden mostly made by Mr. M. with his own hands, and the house, the ancient and the modern part.
Mr. M. took me to buy lobsters at a big breeding ground near
at Warsal. In evening to Southampton & saw Eddie Cantor in "Strike me Pink"1936 comic movie directed by Norman Taurog eds..
Over radio news of withdrawal of Majorcan expedition. Mr. M pro-rebel, gradually his views mildening.
Sept 7 Monday.
Page proofs of Antigua. Troy.
To Southampton where bought two golf jerseys & Laura a naval blue serge cape (£5).
Talk of buying or renting a houseboat here.
A car-ride to Gosport, past all sorts of
many housing schemes and new sea-side settlements. At Tichfield bought Laura a red-riding hood cloak for 10/6. Work on proofs & Troy till late.
Sept 8th Tuesday
Work on Ant & Troy all morning.
At midday Jennifer turned up.
A car-ride to Beaulieu Abbey and New Forest generally – very bare, heather, ponies. Through Southampton. Coffee, & a handbag for Laura.
Work all evening but for radio hour.
Phoned A.G. about Catherine coming Thursday.
Wednesday Sept 9th
Worked on Troy all morning: packed & back to town in afternoon; crowded train.
Found flat all clean and flowers there poss put by Carl.
Norman came & went over some Villon translation with Laura.
Supper at Delhi Indian Restaurant (L.
K. & I) curry, rice, mango, very good.
To bed early.
Thursday. Sept 10th
L & I to Denham by car: lunch with Korda. Discussed Troy. Decided to have talk with me after my seeing the Claudius scenario. Offered to be with us at Jenny's Dorchester opening.
Met Catherine at Paddington: supper in a pub off Oxford St. Went with her alone to a cinema – Secret Agent1936 movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock eds. – came out when climbing precipices started.
To Curzon House where C. had to sleep in Diana's most untidy room.
Friday Sept 11th
Catherine, PennyNicholson? KG, Harry, Alix, Laura, Karl & I to Caledonian market at 10 o'clock.
Bought carbuncle & moonstone necklace 25/-shillings? (20 shillings=£1) eds.: two Staffordshire zebras 12/612 shillings, sixpence eds., ivory fan £1, George IV constable's truncheon 6/-6 shillings eds., blue Bristol glass vase 3/-, pinchbeck green earrings 3/-, 8 old English cupboard knobs 1/- each, Venetian glass necklace
& ivory papercutter for
Catherine 9/-, pink bead ditt necklace for Penny 1/-, star earrings for Laura 2/-, blue Bristol bowl 2/-, 3 saucers 2/-. Lunch at pub 1/- each!
On return found Honor had been, with last chapters of The Heathen & gone away thinking us in S'hampton. Later she phoned & came & stopped night, sleeping with Laura; & coming to dinner with Kitty & Douglas West. Moonstone necklace to Honor.
Carl took Catherine to a film.
Saturday Sept 12th
Poisonous letter from Grigson.
Took Catherine to Zoo – very empty of people. Norman turned up, (saying he would break things off with Grigson) & took Honor back to Arkesden in his car.
Almost Forgotten Germany to have a Dutch Danish & Moon's no fool a Dutch translation.
Cat
Troy. Reassuring letter from Deyá.
Catherine & I cooked sausage and mash & then we went for a walk: to news cinema at Studio One
.
Amythyst
Amethyst
necklace for C. £1.1.0
Laura gave her the jagoon Mallorquin ring.
Sunday. Sept 13th
To Jenny's to pay her hotel bill. She gave me a suggestion for Ant.
Fuller to lunch at Prada: he had found about 10 passages for change.
Catherine sent to Ward & Dorothy's, & Ben
Ben Nicholson? KG's while we worked.
Troy in afternoon, in evening to It's Love Again1936 movie directed by Victor Saville at the Tivoli (Jessie Matthews). Troy till 2.30 am
Monday Sept 14
Up at 7.30
To Constables with Catherine. Kyllmann enthusiastic about dictionary.
* Gave him final proofs of Antigua.
Shopping in Selfridges with Catherine. (Her silhouette cut) then to my tailor to try on dress-suit, to shirtmaker. Back. Jenny had phoned Laura about a wedding present for Sarah Churchill who is running off with Olivier the Cochrane Follow The Sunrevue KG; see note June 27, 1936 eds. humourist. Laura to Selfridge to get it. I went to Morning Post to interview Osborne about the Grigson affair. He asked (after being properly horrified) what do you want me to do?
I said Deal with the matter in the best traditions of Morning Post.
To cinema Mickey Mouse & Jessie Matthews in 'It's Love Again'see note September 13, 1936 eds..
* Troy till 3 am. Finished *
Tuesday Sept 15
To Caledonian Market with Catherine. Bought a brown garnet brooch Georgian 11/611 shillings, sixpence eds., ruby & pearl ring for Dorothy 15/-15 shillings eds., Hester Bateman tongs 15/-, tea spoon M.S.an initialled teaspoon? eds. for Maisie,silver salt & pepper castors 6/0 each, 4 Wedgewood plates 1/- each, 37 piece pink tea service 7/6, Worcester sugar bowl 2/- ,pink china beads 2/-, Staffordshire water jug 6/-, Persian bedspread 9/- (from Spanish speaking Safardists from Selonika) cufflinks & stud 18/6, Victorian solitaire set 6.6d6 shillings, sixpence eds., 2 pewter ashtrays 4/-.
Norman asked to mediate: apology on way from Grigson. Told Osborne, by phone, matter ended for me, if apology decent.
* Met David & Sam & saw them & C. off at Paddington (another platform) to Warminster. To Liddell Hart: he was very sticky.
Hors d'oeuvres at Prada.
Lost my fountain pen in taxi.
Wednesday Sept 16
Apology arrived: just acceptable. Sent original letter to Osborn to hand to Grigson.
Korda rang up that he couldn't come but would another day.
Laura lunched with Gordon: Karl & I nearby. Len has a job.
I bought evening shoes: had a splitting headache all day.
Ward & Dorothy to supper at flat. Laura went over Ward's Majorca article? eds: Dorothy, Karl & I played solitaire and various marble games.
Thursday Sept 17th
Margaret Russell & Leonardson of Margaret Russell KG came. Sent them to Ba
Liddell Hart took them to Madam Tussauds & then me to Bishopsgate to see Eliot about the business. We explained difficulties with Savage & proposed two alternatives: 1500 limited (England & U.S.) no payment to trustees, republication 6 months after Letterscollected letters for T.E. Lawrence to his Biographer. eds, material available up to 33% to Letters
T.E. Lawrence to his Biographer. eds. or trade edition paying 33 1/3 % to trustees. At Chata's found Jenny in trouble with Churchills about her part in the Sarah businesselopement KG. Helped her write to Mrs & enclosed a covering letter to Winston. Tea at flat with Margaret: sent sent her to a cinema with Carl. Dinner with Liddell Hart (L & I) Laura quarrelled with him rather about his drawing-out tactics. To Dorchester
Midnight Laughter
Cochran revue eds. with Maisie too, first dinner jacket since 1927. 4 bottles of champagne. Laura wearing gipó, volant,
giró volant? = "swirling, flying ruffles" eds. red & green embroidered brocade. Jenny danced well (3 Wiere brothers danced with hats). Introduced to C.B.Cochrane & Shellick the cabaret promoter. Saw: Iris March, Violet Lorraine, Aga Khan
n, Frances O'Day, Jack Hulbert, Tom Webster etc.etc. Returned at 3.30. Supper cost £10. Jenny had got evening dress from Peggy: spoilt it climbing in at Curzon House at 5 o clock: no key.
Friday Sept. 18th
Woke late. With Laura
To
to
Constable's: arranged about various American contracts. Cancelled blurb on Antigua flap.
Lunch at Criterion brasserie: ordered mistook choucroutesauerkraut eds. for choufleurcauliflower eds..
Slept in afternoon.
In evening made Canellun list- of necessaries.
Saturday, September 19th
Bought relief nib fountain pen.
To lunch with Bridget in Blenheim St.
Bought To Chichester in Maisie's car via Haslemere (tea at Wheatsheaf Inn there). with L (& Timothy). Stopped
Rooms at Dolphin & Anchor. Supper with James & Mary
at their house (quite nice); while Maisie, Honor & Gordon, & Karl ate at Dolphin. Then all together afterwards. Not much said. Too many of us.
Timothy's education the great subject of conversation: he bullies Maisie, and is not happy in his Dartington Hall independence.
Sunday Sept 20th
Lunch at Dolphin with James, Mary, Karl, L. (others had gone off). In afternoon made Epilogue plans with James. Dull train journey back: nothing to read but a Saturday Evening Post & an
R.A.
Royal Airforce
regimental journal lent by a gunner officer in opposite corner.
Nice sight of Arundel Castle.
Heavy rain.
Tried to write a poem about parents and children
Parent to Children eds., while Laura read Strabo.
Monday Sept 21st
Worked on
Strabo
poem again (four drafts now): L & I went over the L.H. analysis and sent it off.
Mr. Brooks (of A.M.Heath) came & arranged with us about translation rights in Seizin books. Jenny to borrow money: had almost a row with her. Shortage due to letting a broke boy-friend off paying for night-club on the Thursday. To Charing Cross road bookshops. Bought dictionary: little else. News theatre – no news, only jokes.
Back to work. Cards for Epilogue. Fifth draft of Parent to Children.
Tuesday Sept 22nd
Jenny has been offered £100 for her life story for Daily Sketchaccording to RPG, the amount offered was £10 (254). eds Worked on outline for her, to keep it within bounds.
Perceval suddenly came to lunch, full of old stories and a new farce he has just written.
Supper with Norman at Prada – he has quarrelled with Dylan Thomas because D. threw a drunken party in Norman's studio & didn't clean up afterwards.
Then went to Chelsea to see if M.G.M. had used any of my Copperfield version in their film. Awful. Noticed an anachronistic banana
. No plagiarisms, though.
Nice note from Mrs. Churchill.
Wednesday Sept 23rd
Splitting headache: to bed again with Asprobrand name Aspirin eds. and hot bottle.
Letter to
Sat.Rev.
Saturday Review of Literature
record of the letter's publication not found eds. to correct solecistic inversion of names.
Margaret Russell
sel sent me a Parker fountain pen.
Tea with Jenny: went over with her, notes I had made of her life-story.
Sherry party at Constables: representatives of W.H.Smith, Jackson, Times Book Club, Simpkin Marshall, Bumpus etc. Depressing talk, but sherry & olives & prawns carried it off.
Maisie to supper.
Thursday Sept 24th
Looking over Alan's poems; wrote to Mrs Churchill, Black about the £1000, A.G
enc.
enclosing
£52 for Sam's school.
Catherine to lunch, and Jenny, at Prada's. Afterwards Jenny
Laura & I went through her life-story with her. Then with Catherine to Selfridge to buy her chocolates & marshmallows etc for school; then saw her off at Marylebone St Station.
Norman to supper: getting Jenny's life in order for her, Karl typing it. Laura going over Norman's poems.
Reassuring news of Government counter-offensive at Talavera.
Friday Sept 25th
21st
ann.
anniversary
of LoosBattle of Loos 1915 eds..
Left Jenny's life at Charles', collected Timothy, who was very well-behaved. Went to Caledonian market. Bought pinchbeck chain 2/-2 shillings eds., carbuncle & red glass brooch 4/64 shillings, sixpence eds., dark blue Victorian beads 1/-, Victorian tartan stamp-box 2/6, blue Wedgewood platter 5/-, completed solitaire set at 2dpence eds. a marble, turquoise ring 15/-, French carved shell and silver powder puff (1790) 15/-, length of silk 2/6, soup-plates 1/-.
Also for Maisie Wedgewood coffee pot 6/-, Scotch brooch 2/6, for Dorothy a brooch 2/6, a shell with cameo of Wellington for Gammers Hall (The Hutchinsons).
Karl took Timothy to a cinema.
Started on a difficult poem.
In evening David Reeves came & worked out with Laura dimensions of a jewell-case for her.
Sat. Sept 26th
Worked at the poem: tore it up.
Lunch with Glendinning at Prada: he explained the composition of Constable's.
Went down the Caledonian road looking for a table to replace the limed oak one in the living room – nothing. Feet ached
Shin muscles ached with the pavement.
Anxiety about Spain.
Going over Harry Kemp's & Ward H's poems with Laura for Epilogue.
Margaret Russell's Parker pen which she sent me refitted with a medium nib; cushions from Heal in brown glazed chintz.
Sunday, Sept 27th
Richards came at 12.30 and stayed with us till 11 (news film). He was very pleased & talked a little too much: rejected food at Prada's as not in his line, but enjoyed cold supper at flat. Told of Blaina's unemployment problem – all as happy as trout.
Has just got his birth certificate clearing up the mystery of his birth. His real name is Francis Philip Woodruff & his father was a colliery owner.
Spanish news still more anxious.
Richards & I called on Jenny, who was had heard nothing from Charles.
Monday Sept 28th
Honor & Julian came: Julian played with marbles.
I lunched with Faber & Morley at Simpsons – with Richards. After hot brandy at a pub with R. & M.
Morley was surprisingly better than I had expected. I told him that Auden was a thief. He agreed – 'a magpie'. Faber was surprised. Silverside, Stiltoncheeses eds., lager, port.
Laura had lunch with Norman & Honor.
To Antique dealers exhibition with David Reeves
Grosvenor house. Great sameness of exhibits: bought 5 Hester Bateman teaspoons (45/-)
T
ue
hur
sday. Sept 29th
Checking Harry's Philosophy, for Epilogue, with Laura; & the reconstituted Ward Hutchinson poems.
Charles has returned Jenny's life – saying that she ought to say how
what chorus girls earn their
& how they spend their money.
Letter from Mallik after 12 years: he is coming to England. Written as if all just the same as ever.
Lunch with Eddie Marsh at Etoile. He is now
p.s.
personal secretary
to Malcolm Macdonald. We had thought to Ramsay, & were surprised that he thought him so nice and that he had never heard a word against him.
To Selfridges: L. bought lizard shoes & mackintosh, I, mac,
warm slippers, brown jersey.
Bridget to supper (black hat & volantflounce, hanging trim? See Sept. 17 entry. eds. for L.): stories about the beastliness of rich customers: Mrs Foch, Mrs Simpson etc.
Lost wallet with £2. ? ¿.
Wednesday Sept 30
Poem about writing a poem. No good.
Laura to Doctor who reassured her about her heart tonsils and appendix: told her to stop smoking because of inflammatioin of throat. New spotted muslin curtains in work-room.
Walk in Park with L. (Dahlias.)
Michael Sadleir & Miss Smith (publicity) of Constables. Talk about impossibility of selling good books.
To Student of Praguemovie adaptation of novel by Hanns Heinz Ewers and Bed & Sofa1927 silent film eds. at Forum under Charing Cross station.
Temporarily stopping smoking except for a cigarette after each meal.
Etoile
Westminster
London
England
restaurant on Charlotte St. eds.
Harlech
Harlech
North Wales
Great Britain
The location of the Graves family home, called "Erinfa."
Curzon House
Mayfair
London
England
Jenny Graves' lodgings starting September, 1936 eds.
Leicester Square
London
England
Nottingham Place
Westminster
London
England
Location of Maisie Sommerville's flat KG
Tottenham Court Road
London
England
Erinfa
Harlech
North Wales
Great Britain
Home of RG's parents, Alfred P. and Amy Graves; RG spent his childhood there, and returned to visit in August 1939 for the first time in 15 years. (RPG 314-15) eds.
London
England
Sutton Veny
Wiltshire
ENGL
The village where Nancy Nicholson lived. WG
Utah
United States of America
Hammersmith
Hammersmith
London
England
Caledonian Market
London
England
Irún
Irún
Bidasoaldea
Spain
City on the northeast coast of Spain which fell to the Nationalists in September 1936 eds.
Oxford Street
London
England
Cervantes Restaurant
London
England
Spanish restaurant on Old Compton St. eds.
Hyde Park
London
England
Burlesdon
England
Camberley
England
Southampton
England
Majorca/ Mallorca
Majorca
Sp
Largest of the Balearic Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Spain. R.G. and L.R. lived there, in Deyá, from 1929-1936. eds
Gosport
England
Tichfield
England
Beaulieu Abbey
England
Delhi
India
Denham
England
usually associated with Denham Studios and Alexander Korda eds.
Dorchester Hotel
London
England
Hotel where Jenny Graves performed eds.
Paddington
London
England
Arkesden
Essex
England
Deyá
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
Town located on the northwest coast of Majorca, on the hillside between the Teix Mountains and the sea: this was RG's home with Laura Riding from 1929 to 1936. He returned there with his family after WW II. Eds.
Prada's
Euston Rd.
London
England
a favorite haunt of the Graves' RPG
Tivoli
The Strand
London
England
a theatre and cinema eds.
Warminster
Warminster
Wiltshire
England
Bishopsgate
London
England
Chata's
London
England
restaurant? eds.
Canellun
Deyá
Majorca
Sp
Laura Riding and Robert Graves' house. Also Canellun (private) road. WG, KG
Blenheim St.
London
England
Chichester
Sussex
England
Haslemere
England
Wheatsheaf Inn
Haslemere
England
Dolphin & Anchor
Chichester?
England
an Inn eds.
Dartington Hall
Plymouth
England
a school attended by Mary Sommerville's son, Timothy eds.
Arundel Castle
England
seat of the Dukes of Norfolk eds.
Charing Cross
London
England
Chelsea
London
England
Talavera
Talavera
Catalonia
Spain
town east of Barcelona eds.
Gammers Hall
England
Home of Ward & Dorothy Hutchinson eds.
Blaina
Ebbw Fach Valley
Wales
England
hometown of 2 Welsh maids at Nottingham Place eds.
Simpsons
London
England
restaurant in the Strand eds.
Grosvenor House
London
England
Regent Park
London
England
Forum
Charing Cross
London
England
a cinema eds.
Kyllmann
O.K.
Kyllmann
Kyllmann, O.K.
of Constable's RG; also referred to as O.K. eds
Nicholson
Jenny
Jenny
Nicholson, Jenny
Jenny Nicholson: oldest daughter of Robert by Nancy Nicholson.
Graves
David
David
Graves, David
R.G.'s second child [by Nancy Nicholson]. W.G. In RAF; killed in the war. The only one of Graves' children who might have become a poet had he lived. K.G., eds.
Graves
Samuel
Sam
Graves, Samuel
R.G.'s youngest child by Nancy Nicholson. C.P.& WG
Reeves
James
James
Reeves, James
Schoolmaster, writer and Poet. Friend of Jacob Bronowski. W.G./ K.G.; m. to Mary Phillips; daughter Stella born June 14, 1938 eds.
Reeves
Mary
Mary
Reeves, Mary
wife of James Reeves; daughter Stella born 14 June, 1938 eds.
Keys
Nelson
Nelson Keys
Keys, Nelson
stage and movie actor (1886-1939) eds.
Riding
Laura
Laura
Riding, Laura
(1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).
Nicholson
Catherine
Catherine
Nicholson, Catherine
Catherine Nicholson: (1922- ) third of four children of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson. eds.
Sterling?
Sterling
Sterling
An osteopath who was leaving for Spain with the Friend's Ambulance when R.G. met him in August 1936.
Sommerville
Maisie
Maisie
Sommerville, Maisie
Head of BBC Education broadcasting department. Friend of R.G. and L.R. Arranged accomodation for them when they returned to London as exiles. W.G., eds.
Goldschmidt
Karl
Karl/Carl
Goldschmidt, Karl
Karl Goldschmidt, later Kenneth Gay: Graphic artist, friend and secretary of Robert Graves and Laura Riding since 1934. R. G. spells both as Carl and Karl.
Glendenning
Glendenning
Glendenning
? with News Chronicle. WG Constable's (the publisher's) lawyer. KG
Roberts
Michael
Michael Roberts
Roberts, Michael
Editor; real name William Edward KG; L.R. & R.G. submitted poems for an anthology he was preparing, published by ? Faber & Faber. WG
Grigson
Geoffrey
Geoffrey Grigson
Grigson, Geoffrey
Poet and literary critic C.P. & K.G. Founder and editor of New Verse, a poetry journal (1933-39). eds.
Yeats
W. B.
Yeats
Yeats, William Butler
(1865-1939) Major Irish poet. eds. Was on the island of Majorca December 1935. WG
Bronowski
Jacob
Jacob Bronowski (Bruno)
Bronowski, Jacob
(1908-1974) Scientist and one time member of Laura Riding circle. WG
Lawrence
Arnie
Arnie
Lawrence, A.W. (Arnie)
T.E. Lawrence's brother and executor. WG
Cameron
Norman
Norman Cameron
Cameron, Norman
Poet. Built Can Torrent in 1932-1933. W.G.; m. to Elfriede, then to Catherine Vandervelde; friend and contributor to LR and RG's work eds.
Cameron
Elfriede
Elfriede
Cameron, Elfriede
Norman Cameron's first wife; a German woman: whom he first encountered in Deyá K.G.
Harry Kemp
Kemp, Harry
Poet. Met Graves and Riding through James Reeves in August 1936, just after their arrival in England. In their previous correspondence, Riding had been intrigued by his falling-out with Communism. He became associated with their circle, collaborating on various projects. (RPG 248-49)
Savage
Savage
Savage
Arnie Lawrence's agent KG
Bradley
Buddy
Buddy Bradley
Bradley, Buddy
Dancer whose school Janny Graves attended eds.
West
Katherine
Kitty West
West, Katherine
wife of English journalist, [Douglas West eds.]; lived in Regent Park [at 32 York Terrace eds.] where RG and LR stayed on exile from Mallorca (1936) R.P.G.; dedicatee of LR's A Trojan Ending eds.
McCormack
Walter; Violet; Betty; Jennifer
McCormacks
McCormack, Walter & Violet
Tenants of Ca'n Torrent. Had two daughters: Jennifer, a dancer, & Betty. Continued their friendship with Robert and Laura in England. eds.
Graves
Amy
A.G. (A.E.S.G)
Graves, Amy
Amy Graves, RG's Mother. WG
Villon
Francois
Villon
Villon, Francois
poet (1431-1474) eds.
Korda
Alexander
Korda
Korda, Alexander
Director of the film version of I Claudius.
Diana
Diana
Jenny Graves' flat-mate at Curzon House KG
Alix Kemp
Kemp, Alix
Married to poet Harry Kemp. The couple shared a house with Graves and Riding in Ewhurst, Surrey (1937). eds (RPG 277); also referred to as Frau Eierman by RG eds. see Diary August 30, 1936
Wyatt
Honor
Honor
Wyatt, Honor
Journalist. Arrived in Deyá fortuitously. Married to Gordon Glover...Son Julian. W.G. First acquainted with R.G. and L.R. early in 1934; returned to visit in 1935; continued friendship in England. eds (RPG 211).
West
Douglas
Douglas West
West, Douglas
reporter for the Daily Mail, husband of Kitty West eds.
Fuller
William
Bill Fuller
Fuller, William
lawyer and researcher for Antigua Penny Puce KG; m. to Mary Fuller eds.
Hutchinson
Ward
Ward
Hutchinson, Ward
Photographer. Contibuted to"Epilogue." W.G. R.G. often refers to "the Hutchinsons" (Ward & Dorothy) as a couple especially when they were staying on the island. eds.
Hutchinson
Dorothy
Dorothy
Hutchinson, Dorothy
Ward Hutchinson's wife. WG
Nicholson
Benjamin
Ben
Ben
artist; brother of Nancy Nicholson eds.
Matthews
Jessie
Jessie Matthews
Matthews, jessie
actress and dancer eds.
Sarah
Churchill, Sarah
Daughter of Winston Churchill. Became friends with R.G.'s daughter Jenny when they danced together in Cochran's revue. There was a scandal when she eloped with another performer, and Jenny leaked the story to the press. (RPG 252) eds.
Oliver
Vic
Olivier
Oliver, Vic
humourist for C.B. Cochran; eloped with Sarah Churchill eds.
Cochran
C.B.
Cochran
Cochran, C. B.
Director of musical revues in London: RG's daughter Jenny performed as a chorus-girl in his "Follow the Sun" and "Midnight Laughter". (RPG 252-53) eds
Osborne
Osborne
associated with Morning Post eds.
Liddell Hart
Basil
Liddell Hart
Liddell Hart, Capt. Basil
War-fare expert and friend of T.E. Lawrence. Collaborated with RG on a book of T.E.L'.s letters, published in 1938. See RPG p.231. WG & Eds.
Glover
Gordon
Gordon
Glover, Gordon
Married to Honor Wyatt. WG
Lye
Len
Len
Lye, Len
New Zealand painter, sculptor, and filmmaker whom LR & RG had met in London. He helped with the Seizin Press publications. WG; married to Jane Lye, son Bix. eds.
Russell
Margaret
Margaret
Russell, Margaret
House-keeper L.R. & R.G. had had in London. WG
Eliot
Eliot
Eliot
L.R. & R.G.'s solicitor in London. WG
Churchill
Winston
Churchill
Churchill, Winston (Sir)
On the island [of Majorca] December 1935. W.G. In 1936 R.G. had an interview with him in London , and expressed his concerns about the Spanish Civil War. (Diary: November 1936) eds.
Wiere
Wiere Brothers
Wiere Brothers
three brothers, musicians and comedians eds.
Shellick
Shellick
cabaret promoter eds. see Diary September 17, 1936; a.k.a. Sherrick?
March
Iris
Iris March
March, Iris
Lorraine
Violet
Violet Lorraine
Lorraine, Violet
Aga Khan
Aga Khan
likely Aga Khan III, the Muslim leader eds.
Frances O'Day
O'Day, Frances
Hulbert
Jack Hulbert
Hulbert, Jack
Webster
Tom Webster
Webster, Tom
Graves
Peggy
Peggy Graves
Graves, Peggy
Married to Charles Graves, R.G.'s brother. Both provided support to Robert's daughter Jenny while she was performing in London. (RPG 249, 265) eds.
Bridget
Bridget
London milliner, with Aage Tharup's KG
Brown
Timothy
Timothy
Brown, Timothy
son of Maisie Sommerville and Tanny Brown eds.
Strabo
Strabo
ancient Greek geographer eds.
Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Brooks
associated with A.M. Heath eds.
Graves
Philip Perceval
Philip
Graves, Philip
R.G.'s half brother. WG
Thomas
Dylan
Dylan Thomas
Thomas, Dylan
poet, friend of Norman Cameron eds. see Diary September 22, 1936
Churchill
Clementine
Mrs. Churchill
Churchill, Mrs.
wife of Winston Churchill; born Clementine Hozier eds.
Hodge
Alan
Alan
Hodge, Alan
Oxford history graduate. Became close friends with LR & RG. First husband of Beryl Graves. CP & WG
Black
Black
associated with Graves' work with Alexander Korda eds.
Graves
Charles Patrick Ranke
Charles
Graves, Charles Patrick Ranke
RG's brother with whom he did not get on. WG Estranged from RG in 1937 over Jenny Nicholson's crisis. See RPG p.281 CP
Reeves
David
David Reeves
Reeves, David
Brother of James Reeves [and Ethel Herdman] RPG 292.
Richards
Frank
Richards
Richards, Frank
Author of Old Soldiers Never Die and Old Soldier Sahib which R.G. rewrote for him. Was in The Royal Welch Fusiliers, R.G.'s regiment. eds.; Birth name is Francis Phillip Woodruff eds. see Diary September 27, 1936
Glover
Julian
Julian
Glover, Julian
Honor & Gordon's baby. WG
Faber
Geoffrey
Faber
Faber, Geoffrey
founder of Faber & Faber eds.
Morley
Frank
Frank
Morley, Frank
With Faber and Faber. Involved with Old Soldier Sahib. WG
Auden
W. H.
Auden
Auden, W.H.
British poet (1907-1973). R.G. disliked. eds
Malik
Basanta
Mallik
Malik
Indian guru; consistently misspelled, should be Malik KG
Marsh
Edward
Edward Marsh
Marsh, Edward
Influential civil servant and friend of R.G.'s and many others from WW I, also Georgian poets and artists. W.G. & C.P.
Malcolm MacDonald
MacDonald, Malcolm
British politician (1901-1981) eds.
Foch
Mrs Foch
Foch, Mrs
wife of Marshall Ferdinand Foch? eds.
Mrs Simpson
Simpson, Wallis
an American divorcee who was scandalously involved with the King. eds.
Sadleir
Michael
Michael Sadleir
Sadleir, Michael
with Constable KG; Publicity agent? eds.
Miss Smith
Smith, Miss
Publicity agent? with Constable eds. same as Martha Smith? eds.
Graves
Robert
Graves, Robert
Author of the diary.
Graves
Beryl A.
Graves, Beryl A.
Second wife of Robert Graves. Transcribed the diary entries and register of letters written (hereafter, logs) from
a photocopy of the manuscript, and these 53 monthly MS Dos, ASCII files, dated 01/01/83 were sent to Chris Petter by
The Robert Graves Trust on floppy disc in 1996.
Goldschmidt
Karl
Goldschmidt, Karl
Karl Goldschmidt, d.1995, who later changed his name to Kenneth Gay,
was Robert Graves' and Laura Riding's personal secretary during the period when the diary was written. He later annotated
another printout of the diary produced from the B.A. Graves transcript, which is at the Graves Trust Archives in St. John's Oxford.
Notes by Karl Goldschmidt are denoted as KG.
Graves
William
Graves, William
Son of Robert and Beryl Graves. Helped to identify names, places and titles in Deya (1935-1936)
and with translations and other references in three ways. He left an annotated printout of the first six months of the diary in the Graves Trust
Room at St. John's College, Oxford. He also sent Chris Petter an Excel file with a list identifying names and places, principally
in the Majorcan sections of the diary, and a glossary of Spanish terms. Finally he has sent the editors answers in response to reference questions.
Notes by William Graves are identified with the initials WG.
RP
G
RPG
Unidentified person; possibly a misspelling of Robert Percival Graves (whose initials on this project are [RG](#RG)).
Petter
Chris G.
Petter, Chris G.
Project manager of text encoding and annotation.
Curry & Paxton
Curry & Paxton
Curry & Paxton
London opticians eds.
Selfridges
Selfridges
Selfridges
London department store eds.
Marshall & Snelgrove
Marshall & Snelgrove
Marshall& Snelgrove
London department store
Rayne's
Rayne's
Rayne's
shoe shop in Mayfair, London
Jonathan Cape Ltd.
Cape
Jonathan
Cape
Jonathan Cape
London publisher of Lawrence and the Arabs, Good-Bye to All That, No Decency Left, etc. eds.
Seizin Press
Seizin
Founded when Robert Graves and Laura Riding began their partnership in London. R.G. and L.R. continued to operate their own press in Deyá, but stopped printing in 1935. Seizin Press published a number of literary works in conjunction with Constable in London, including the Epilogue series, and other works by Laura Riding and their literary associates. eds
Constable & Co., Ltd.
Constable
Constable
Constable Publishers. Arranged with them to print and distribute Seizin Press Epilogue and books. WG
Hester Bateman
Hester Bateman
Hester Bateman
brand name silversmith eds.
A.M. Heath & Company Limited
A.M. Heath
A.M. Heath
Author's agency, London eds.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
M.G.M.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Film producers eds.
W. H. Smith
British retailer specializing in books and newspapers.
Simpkin, Marshall
Simpkin Marshall
Simpkin, Marshall
Publishers eds.
Heal's London
Heal's
Heal's
London department store eds.
Editors
Editors of the Graves Diary Project.
Trojan Ending, A [novel]
Riding, Laura
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
1937
Dictionary [projected project; unfinished]
Riding, Laura
1935
Antigua Penny Puce
Graves, Robert
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
A46
1936
Claudius [the film: based on I, Claudius, directed by Alexander Korda, starring Charles Laughton. It was never completed.]
The Heathen
Wyatt, Honor
Riding, Laura
New York
Random House
1937
Almost Forgotten Germany [Almost Forgotten Times]
Schwarz, Georg
Trans. Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
A45
1936
Moon's No Fool, The
Matthews, Tom
Riding, Laura
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
1936-02-13
Morning Post
London
1803-1967
T.E. Lawrence to His Biographer
Lawrence, T.E.
Graves, Robert
New York
Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
A49
1938
Epilogue III
Riding, Laura/ Graves, Robert
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
1937
Parent to Children [poem]
Collected Poems
Graves, Robert
London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney
Cassell
A48
1938
Cards [poem]
Epilogue III
Graves, Robert
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
1936-07-17
Real David Copperfield, The
Graves, Robert
London
Arthur Barker
A39
1933
Sunday Times [Sunday newspaper]
London
Hutchinson; Times Newspapers
Philosophy and Poetry
Epilogue II
Hodge, Alan and Riding, Laura
Riding, Laura
Deyá & London
Seizin & Constable
1936