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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 flambo
The Prince of Wales and his fashionable friends, members of the Bright Young things, took part in an all-night treasure hunting, which was observed by the slum dwellers, at four o’clock – Argus-Leader, 06 Sep 1924.
Richard Plunket Greene, Olivia Plunket Greene, David Plunket Greene, Terence Greenidge, Elizabeth Frances Russell, and Evelyn Waugh.
Harold Acton
William Acton, Margot Bendir, Elizabeth Ponsonby, Harry Melville, Babe Plunket Greene at David Tennant's party 1928
Evelyn Waugh
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Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Declin
Bright young things
…Fling), Anthony Powell (A Dance to the Music of Time), Henry Green (Party Going), Dorothy L. Sayers (Murder Must Advertise), 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…
Waugh, circa 1940
Blue plaque at 145 North End Road, Golders Green, London
Lancing College Chapel in West Sussex
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the subject of Waugh's first full-length book (1927)