Bright young things


The Bright Young Things, or Bright Young People, was a group of Bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in London during the 1920s. The name was given to them by the tabloid press. They threw flamboyant fancy dress parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, and some drank heavily or used illicit drugs — all of which was enthusiastically covered by journalists such as Charles Graves and Tom Driberg.
They inspired a number of writers, including Nancy Mitford, Anthony Powell, Henry Green, Dorothy L. Sayers, and the poet John Betjeman. Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel Vile Bodies, adapted as the 2003 film Bright Young Things, is a satirical look at this scene. Cecil Beaton began his career in photography by documenting this set, of which he was a member.
Prominent members of the group included:
The following is a list of the Bright Young Things, their friends, acquaintances and associates of the period, many of whom were the basis for characters in the novels written by members of the group such as Evelyn Waugh, Anthony Powell and Nancy Mitford.
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Harold Acton Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
William Acton Books:
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque
Kathleen Adam Smith Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation
John Amery Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Leo Amery Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Michael Arlen Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
Sylvia Ashley Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Portraits:
1933, Anthony Wysard
Anthony Ashley-Cooper Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Lettice Ashley-Cooper Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
Mary Ashley-Cooper Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
Adele Astaire Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Clement Attlee Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Mae Bacon Newspaper articles:
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts
Hermione Baddeley Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque
Edythe Baker Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
Oliver Baldwin Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Ruth Baldwin Books:
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts
Patrick Balfour Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
Thomas Balston Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Tallulah Bankhead Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts
John Banting Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Alexander Baring Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation
Maurice Baring Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Poppy Baring Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
Elvira Dolores Barney Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
H. M. Bateman Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Beverley Baxter Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Cecil Beaton Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
Baba Beaton Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Dancing to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque
Nancy Beaton Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Max Beerbohm Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Clive Bell Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Hilaire Belloc Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Babe Bendir Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque
Margot BendirNewspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque
Lord Berners Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Lord Merlin in Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Lord Merlin in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
John Betjeman Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Fictional characters:
Paul Fotheringay in Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford
Elizabeth Bibesco Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Caroline Blackwood Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Edmund Blunden Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Robert Boothby Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Newspaper articles:
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts
Maurice Bowra Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Brendan Bracken Fictional characters:
Rex Mottram in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Georges Braque Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Lady Diana Bridgeman Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
Jessie Doris Browne Portraits:
1931, Anthony Wysard
Valentine Browne Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1931, Anthony Wysard
Frank Buchman Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Guy Burgess Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Edward Burra Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Mary Butts Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Robert Byron Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Fictional characters:
Albert Gates in Highland Fling by Nancy Mitford
Ben Gore in Blindness by Henry Green
Denis Capel-Dunn Books:
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts
Fictional characters:
Kenneth Widmerpool in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Dudley Carew Books:
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts
Billie Carleton Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Dora Carrington Fictional characters:
Betty Blyth in The Apes of God by Wyndham Lewis
Audrey Carten
Kenneth Carten
Waveney Carten
Barbara Cartland Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Victor Cazalet Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
David Cecil
David Cecil Portraits:
Anthony Wysard
William Chappell Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Nina Chavchavadze Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation
G. K. Chesterton Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Edward Chichester Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
Sheila Chisholm
Diana Churchill Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
John Spencer-Churchill Portraits:
1934, Anthony Wysard
Camille Clifford Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Claud Cockburn Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Nevill Coghill Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Sibyl Colefax Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Cyril Connolly Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Fictional characters:
Ed Spain in The Blessing by Nancy Mitford
Diana Cooper Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Fictional characters:
Mrs. Stitch, Evelyn Waugh novels
Lady Leone in Don't Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford
Lady Artemis Hooper in Aaron's Rod by D.H. Lawrence
Ruby, Lady Maclean in The Love and Envied by Enid Bagnold
Lady Queenie Paulle in The Pretty Lady by Arnold Bennett
Newspaper articles:
Young People Take Big Treasure Hunt
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society
Duff Cooper Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society
Gladys Cooper Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Young People Take Big Treasure Hunt
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts
Portraits:
Anthony Wysard
Noël Coward Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Max Pilgrim in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Frederick Heyworth Cripps Portraits:
1938, Anthony Wysard
Violet Cripps Portraits:
1938, Anthony Wysard
C. R. M. F. Cruttwell Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Alexandra Curzon Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation
Cynthia Curzon
Georgiana Curzon Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Irene Curzon Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation
Mary Curzon Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Peregrine Cust Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society
Hugh Dalton Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Brenda Dean Paul Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party
Napper Dean Paul Books:
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts
Warwick Deeping Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Alec Douglas-Home Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Elizabeth Douglas-Scott-Montagu Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Tom Driberg Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
John Drury-Lowe Books:
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Gerald du Maurier Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Freda Dudley Ward Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society
London Society's Thrilling All-Night Treasure Hunts
Alfred Duggan Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Hubert Duggan Fictional characters:
Charles Stringham in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Dola Dunsmuir
Anthony Eden Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Edward Elgar Portraits:
Anthony Wysard
T. S. Eliot Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Lily Elsie Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Baba d'Erlanger Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
Mimi d'Erlanger Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters
Countess Flor di Folio in Serena Blandish by Enid Bagnold
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
Hamish St. Clair Erskine Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Highland Fling by Nancy Mitford
Sir Roderick "Bobby" Bobbin in Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford
Gwen Farrar
Daisy Fellowes Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Dorothy Fellowes-Gordon
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque
Daphne Fielding Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1940, Anthony Wysard
Ronald Firbank Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Michael Foot Portraits:
1948, Anthony Wysard
E. M. Forster Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Harry Fox-Strangways Books:
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Gilbert Frankau Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Maxine Freeman-Thomas Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Essex French Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Valerie French Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Anthea Gamble Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts
Patrick Gamble
Evelyn Gardner Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Fictional characters:
Brenda Last in A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
Edward Gathorne-Hardy Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party
Robert Gathorne-Hardy
Paula Gellibrand Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Serena Blandish by Enid Bagnold
Douglas Goldring Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Victor Gollancz Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Alastair Graham Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Fictional characters:
Lord Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Robert Graves Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Henry Green Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Graham Greene Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Terence Greenidge Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Ivor Guest Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard
Aileen Guinness
Bryan Guinness Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party
Loel Guinness Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
Maureen Guinness
Meraud Guinness Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Oonagh Guinness Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
Walter Guinness Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Claud Hamilton Books:
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Patrick Hamilton Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Nina Hamnett Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Doris Harcourt Newspaper articles:
Bright Young People of the Rising Generation
Allanah Harper Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Pamela Harriman Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Roy Harrod Books:
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Deirdre Hart-Davis Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
L. P. Hartley
Norman Hartnell Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Gavin Henderson Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
A. P. Herbert Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
David Herbert
Sidney Herbert Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
John Heygate Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Fictional characters:
John Beaver in A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
Sir Piers Tofield in Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight by Henry Williamson
Arden Hilliard
Quintin Hogg Portraits:
1948, Anthony Wysard
Inez Holden Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Wanda Holden Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Vyvyan Holland Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Christopher Hollis Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
David Horner
Brian Howard Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts
Fictional characters
Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Donald Butterboy in The Roaring Queen by Wyndham Lewis
Newspaper articles:
Blackout of the Hon. Elizabeth's Wild 20-year-party
Elizabeth Jane Howard Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
William Howard Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Aldous Huxley Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Christopher Isherwood Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Derek Jackson
Audrey James Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Edward James Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Julia James Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Arthur Jeffress Books:
Alec Waugh, A Year to Remember, A Reminiscence of 1931 Bloomsbury Reader, 1975
D.J. Taylor, Bright Young People - The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2007
John Montgomery, The Twenties, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1970
Portraits:
Graham Sutherland, 1954
Ida Kar, 1959
Douglas Jerrold Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Augustus John Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1949, Anthony Wysard
Baby Jungman Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
Zita Jungman Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Marriage of a "Bright Young Person"
Barbara Ker-Seymer Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Nelson Keys Newspaper articles:
Eminent Victorians
George Kinnoull Newspaper articles:
Flaming Youth tries Britain's Patience
Philip Leyland Kindersley Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
George Alfred Kolkhorst Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Constant Lambert Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Hugh Moreland in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Osbert Lancaster Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Elissa Landi Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
George Lascelles Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard
Charles Laughton Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard
James Laver Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
D. H. Lawrence Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Gertrude Lawrence Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
James Lees-Milne Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Albert Gates in Highland Fling by Nancy Mitford
Rosamond Lehmann Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
F. R. Leavis Fictional characters:
J G Quiggin in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Serge Lifar Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
John "The Widow" Lloyd Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Anita Loos Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Tilly Losch Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Lady Dorothy Lygon Books:
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Fictional characters:
Lady Cordelia Flyte in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Hugh Lygon Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Fictional characters:
Lord Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
Lady Lettice Lygon Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Lady Mary Lygon Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Fictional characters:
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
Lady Sibell Lygon Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
William Lygon Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Fictional characters:
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Malcolm MacDonald Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard
Julian MacLaren-Ross Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
X. Trapnel in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Ethel Mannin Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Reginald Manningham-Buller Fictional characters:
Kenneth Widmerpool in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
Edward Marjoribanks Newspaper articles:
Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
Frances Marshall Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Rita Martin Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
W. Somerset Maugham Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Elsa Maxwell Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
Harry Melville Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Mozart Fancy Dress Concert is Picturesque
Anne Messel Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Oliver Messel Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Portraits:
1930, Anthony Wysard
Kate Meyrick Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Ma Mayfield in A Handful of Dust and Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Newspaper articles:
Flaming Youth tries Britain's Patience
Florence Mills Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
David Mitford Fictional characters:
General Murgatroyd in Highland Fling by Nancy Mitford
Uncle Matthew in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Deborah Mitford Fictional characters:
Northey Mackintosh in Don't Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford
Linda Radlett in Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Linda Radlett in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Diana Mitford Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Newspaper articles:
Flaming Youth tries Britain's Patience
Jessica Mitford Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Jassy Radlett in Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
Jassy Radlett in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Nancy Mitford Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
Fictional characters:
Grace Marquise de Valhubert in Don't Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford
Newspaper articles:
Lord Rennell's Son Engaged
Pamela Mitford
Tom Mitford Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Unity Mitford Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Fictional characters:
Eugenia Malmains in Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford
Ivan Moffat Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Gwen Mond Portraits:
1929, Anthony Wysard
Henry Mond Portraits:
1929, Anthony Wysard
Evan Morgan Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1929, Anthony Wysard
Gloria Morgan Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Thelma Morgan Books:
The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton
Newspaper articles:
Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society
Raymond Mortimer Books:
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Portraits:
1936, Anthony Wysard
Oswald Mosley Books:
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Flaming Youth tries Britain's Patience
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1931, Anthony Wysard
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society
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Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society
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Showing Aside the Jazz Set in English Society
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Eminent Victorians
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The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
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Jasper Aspect in Wigs on the Green by Nancy Mitford
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1937, Anthony Wysard
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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1931, Anthony Wysard
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Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
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Sir Ivor King in The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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1930, Anthony Wysard
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Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
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Erridge in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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Erridge in A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
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Amusing Turns Brighten Coming-of-Age Party
Desmond Parsons
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Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by D.J. Taylor
Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
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1930, Anthony Wysard
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Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure by Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster
Script Doctors and Vicious Addicts
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Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
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