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4 giorni fa · Sir Harold Nicolson was a British diplomat and author of more than 125 books, including political essays, travel accounts, and mystery novels. His three-volume Diaries and Letters (1966–68) is a valuable document of British social and political life from 1930 to 1964. Nicolson was born in Iran,
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 giorni fa · Radical Relations looks at the unconventional lives of writer and poet Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson, the creators of Sissinghurst Castle Garden. Letters and texts on...
6 giorni fa · Other great writers who have graced its pages down the years include John Betjeman and Harold Nicolson. The Standard was also where a number of future editors of national titles - among them Sir ...
4 giorni fa · Historic, poetic, iconic: a refuge dedicated to beauty. Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson fell in love with Sissinghurst Castle and created a world-renowned garden. Biddenden Road, near Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2AB
5 giorni fa · “One of the wonders of the world” Harold Nicolson. From its humble origins, Bodnant (which in Welsh means ‘dwelling by the stream’), this historic Grade 1 listed garden has become a must-visit attraction for garden lovers around the globe.
4 giorni fa · In 1913 she married Harold Nicolson, a diplomat and author. Her poetic gift for evoking the beauty of the English countryside was recognized in her long poem The Land (1926). Apart from her many novels, of which the best known are The Edwardians (1930) and All Passion Spent (1931), she also wrote biographies and several gardening books.
2 giorni fa · Of course, his anxiety to avoid war was nothing but admirable. Indeed, on reading Steiner’s account one is reminded of Harold Nicolson’s remark that Chamberlain and Halifax ventured into diplomacy with all the high-mindedness of two young curates stepping for the first time into a public house. Both failed entirely to understand Hitler.
