by Rachel Cooke
Cooper, Artemis, Writing at the Kitchen Table, 8*†
Corbett, Harry H., 212–13
Council for Art & Industry, 30*
Council of Industrial Design, 30*
Country Life, 148
Courtaulds, xx, xxxvi
Coventry Cathedral, 109
Cowan, Charles Gibson, 7
Coward, Noël, 47, 52, 67, 68, 174†, 193
Cowper, William, 42
Crabtree, William, 159
Cradock, Fanny, 34*
Craig, Christopher, 284*
Craigie, Jill, 189, 189*
Crick, Francis, xxiii*
Cricklewood film studios, 180
Crippen, Dr, 142
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 14†
Crosby, Theo, 100, 116
crow, cooking of, 4, 5
Crowe, Sylvia, 156–7, 158, 159–60, 161*
Crowther, Sir Geoffrey, 123
Cummins, Peggy, 171, 173
Cunard Hotel, Liverpool, 272, 273
cupcake, cult of the, xiii
curlers, hair, 266–7, 266*, 290
Daily Express, 47–8, 60, 65, 70, 220
Daily Herald, 266, 292
Daily Mail, 133, 138–40, 141–3, 145, 154, 175, 223, 271; Ideal Home Exhibition, 113, 114–15; on Rose Heilbron, 290, 295, 296
Daily Mirror, 138–9, 156, 270
Daily Post, 279
Daily Sketch, 65, 175
Daniel, Glyn, 221
Dannatt, Trevor, 105†, 106*
Darling (John Schlesinger film), 201, 213
David, Elizabeth, 4, 5–6, 7, 8, 8†, 26*; Patience Gray and, 6–7, 42; French Provincial Cooking, 7–8; Mediterranean Food, 4, 6, 7; Summer Cooking, 27–9
Davidson, Alan, 42
Davie, Michael, 48*
Davis, Irving, 6, 7, 32–4
Davis, John, 212
Day-Lewis, Cecil, 243, 250*
de Burgh Galwey, Reginald Hugo, 105*
de Givenchy, Hubert, 302
de Mouilpied, Helen, 238
de Portago, Alfonso, 78
de Vere Cole, Horace, 221*
de Vere Cole, Mavis, 221*
Deakin, Roger, 256
Dean, James, 303
death penalty, 174*, 268, 281, 284*, 287, 294, 294*
DeMille, Cecil B., 210†
Denmark, 27
depression, 90, 175, 184, 203
Depression, 1930s, 14, 274–5
Derby, Lord and Lady, 284
Desert Island Discs (BBC radio show), 70
Design Research Institute, 18*
Dickson, Jacqueline, 280
Didcot Power Station, 161
Dietrich, Marlene, 47, 66–8, 86
Dillin, Carmen, 201
Dimes, Albert, 287–8
divorce, xv, xviii–xix, 12, 172, 215, 244–8, 249, 277
Doctor in the House (Betty Box/Ralph Thomas film), 174–5, 206–8; sequels, 208
domestic violence, 32*
Don’t Ever Leave Me (Betty Box/Arthur Crabtree film), 210
Don’t Take It To Heart! (Sydney Box/Jeffrey Dell film), 190
Dorchester Hotel, Mayfair, 143
Dors, Diana, 174*
Douglas, Angela, 210*
Douglas, Norman, 7, 33, 34
Dragon’s Mouth (J.B. Priestley play), 245
Drakelow C Power Station, 161*
Drew, Jane, 100*, 110, 159
Drummers Yard, near Beaconsfield, 212
du Maurier, Daphne, 192
du Maurier, Gerald, 178
Dubuffet, Jean, 107
Dudley locusts, 222
Dumfries, 188–9
Dunbarton Oaks, Washington, 150†
Dundy, Elaine, xv
DuPont, 303
Durham University, 98–100
Ealing Studios, xxviii, 175, 199
Eames, Charles and Ray, 95, 110, 111
East Kilbride, Scotland, 158, 160
East Lambrook, near Yeovil, 133–6, 146–54, 151, 155, 162–4, 163, 165, 166–7, 167
Eccles, Sir David, 219*
The Economist, 14*; building in Piccadilly, 123–5, 124
Eden, Anthony, xiii
Edward VII, King, funeral of, 178
Eijkman, Christian, 224
El Vino, Fleet Street, 143*
Eliot, T.S., 20*
Elizabeth, Princess, 302
Ellis, Ruth, 174*
Elstree Studios, 183–4
Elstrob, Ivy, 34
Embroiderers Guild, 21†
Emery, Dick, 90
Empire News, 56, 286
employment, xiv, xxiii–xxv; childcare and, xvi, xxiii; late-50s boom, xxxiii; post-war, xviii, xix–xxii; Second World War and, xvii, xviii, 54–5, 74, 190, 236, 276–7; sexual harassment, xxii–xxiii, xxiii*; working mother concept, xxx–xxxi, xxxiii; working wives, xxx–xxxi, xxxiii, 289*
English Heritage, 128*, 166
The English Inn (Muriel Box film), 189–90
English Pictures, 190
Enright, D.J., 253
The Entertainer (Tony Richardson film), xxii
Ercol furniture, xi–xii, xii, 110
Euphorbia characias ssp.wulfenii ‘Lambrook Gold’, 165
Euston Station, 224, 235–6
Evening Standard, 48, 65, 295
Eyewitness (Muriel Box film), 200, 201†
Fairbanks Jr, Douglas, 51
A Farewell to Arms (Selznick/Vidor film), 210
Farnsworth House, Plano, 148
fashion, xxxvi, 52, 111, 111†, 115–16, 229–30, 299, 301–5
Fashion Museum, Bath, 111†
Fath, Jacques, 302
Fawcett Society, xiii*
Femina (feminist publishing house), 215
feminism, xiv–xv, xvi, 95, 100*, 201–2, 215, 255*, 282
Festival of Britain, xi, xxxiv, 18*, 37, 106, 198, 244; Country Pavilion, 20–1, 21†; Lion and Unicorn Pavilion, 24, 244; Origins of the People, 243; Regatta Restaurant, 24, 24*; Skylon, 24*, 106*; Peter Smithson on, 106*, 109*
the Field, 154
Field, Xenia, 156
‘like the Fifties’ phrase, xii–xiii, xiii*
Fighter Command, Stanmore, 75
Finch, Peter, 201, 208
First World War, 139–41, 142, 145, 178, 241
Fish, Margery, xiv, 129, 137, 139, 140; Atlantic crossing (1917), xvii, 140, 141; awarded RHS silver Veitch Memorial Medal, 164; awarded the MBE, 141; background of, 136–7; Buttfield cousins in USA, 140, 148, 150; changes interior at East Lambrook, 150–1; childless marriage of, 136*; Clive and Reiss as companions, 148–9; conflict with Walter over garden, 131–3, 134–6, 136*, 147; at Daily Mail, 138–40, 141–3; death of (1969), 165; garden of at East Lambrook, 131–6, 147, 151, 152–4, 155, 162–4, 163, 165, 166–7, 167; journalism, 154–5, 162, 164; as lecturer, 162; life in London with Walter, 145–6; marries Walter (1933), 143–5, 144; moves to Somerset (1937-39), 133, 146–7; nephew Henry, 145, 149; in old age, 164–5; opens garden to public, 162–4; opens nursery, 162; posthumous influence, 165–6; ‘pudding trees’, 163, 166†; sisters of, 136–7, 137, 149; staff of, 162, 164; Sutton Courtenay and, 160–2; 139–41; Walter’s death and, 149–50; Walter’s ill health and, 147–8; Gardening in the Shade, 162; We Made a Garden, 131–6, 132, 153*, 162
Fish, Walter, 133–5, 145–8; daughters from first marriage, 136*, 143; death of (1947), 131, 149–50; as editor of Daily Mail, 133, 141–3, 142*; lawn of, 131, 134, 136; marries Margery (1933), 143–5, 144
Fleming, Ian, 209–10
The Flemish Farm (Sydney Box/Dell film), 190
Florence, 33, 34
Fonteyn, Margot, xiv
Foot, Michael, 189*
Forsyth, Bruce, 73*, 90
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Rex Ingram film), 72*
Fowey, Cornwall, 19
Foyles bookshop, Charing Cross Road, 145
Frampton Kenneth, 125
Franklin, Rosalind, xxii–xxiii, xxiii*, xxxvi
French Without Tears (Anthon
y Asquith film), 190
Friends’ School, Saffron Walden, 137
Frink, Elisabeth, 160
From Russia With Love (Terence Young film), xxii*
Frost, Honor, xxxvi
Fry, Maxwell, 100*, 159
Fry, Stephen, 64
Funny Face (Stanley Donen film), 303
Furlongs, cottage on South Downs, 35–7, 36
furniture, xi–xii, xii, xxxiv, 94, 95, 110, 115, 117, 118, 127, 150–1
Fyfe, Hamilton, 140, 141
Gainsborough Studios, 193–7, 204, 210
Gaitskell, Hugh, 16
gardening, 131, 145–6, 148, 155–6; Cloches v. Hitler (government pamphlet), 154; new wave of books post-war, 160; during Second World War, 154, 154*, 156–8; see also Fish, Margery
Gardiner, Gerald, 215
Gardner, Ava, 301–2
Garland, Judy, 69
garlic, 27–9
Garrod, Dorothy, 228*, 229
Gaumont-British, Shepherd’s Bush, 185
Genée, Adeline, 180
Gentleman, David, 7, 24, 26, 28
George Henry Lees (Liverpool department store), 298
George VI, King, death of, 283
Georgy Girl (Silvio Narizzano film), 213
Get Carter (Mike Hodges film), 128
Gibberd, Frederick, 158, 159, 161
Gibbons, Stella, Westwood, xv
Gibson, Alexander, 24
Gibson, Sheila, xxiv
Gielgud, John, 230*
Gill, Ernest, 97, 98
Gingold, Hermione, 55–6, 57
Givenchy, ‘sack’ dress, 299, 302
Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut, 105–6
The Glorious Adventure (J. Stuart Blackton film), 180
Glyndebourne opera, 162*
Goalen, Barbara, 303
Goeritz, Edith, 15
Goetz, Curt, Hokuspokus, 274
Golden Lane, City of London, 109, 126, 127
Goldsmiths’ College, 21
Goodman, Dolly, 84, 85
Goodman, Leon, 85
Gordon, Richard, 206–7
Gosling, Nigel, 30
Grace, Emma, 282
Graham, Robert, 281
Grand National, 85
Grant, Elspeth, 175
Graves, Robert, 243*, 244
Gray, Milner, 18*, 24*
Gray, Miranda, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21*, 23–4, 34–5, 36*, 37–8
Gray, Nicolas, 18, 19, 20, 23, 23†, 24, 30, 34–5, 37
Gray, Patience, 1, 10, 43; background of, 7, 8–14; Elizabeth David and, 6–7, 42; Irving Davis and, 6, 7, 32–4; death of (2005), 44; designs jewellery, 40; education of, 14–15; employment, 18, 20–2, 29–32, 35, 37*; Festival of Britain and, 20–1; finances of, 39, 301; foraging and, 22–3, 23, 40–2; foreign travel, 15–16, 17–18, 23, 32, 34–5; at Furlongs in Sussex, 35–7; has Prudence adopted, 19; journalism, 17–18, 29–32, 35, 37*; lives abroad with Mommens, 38–44; lives at the Logs, Hampstead, 23–5, 25, 37–8; at London University, 16–17; marries Mommens (1994), 44; as not well-known, 5, 8; Observer woman’s page editor, 29–32, 35, 37*; physical appearance, 7, 35, 39, 42–3; relationship with Norman Mommens, 37–44; relationship with Thomas Gray, 7, 18–20; studies in Bonn, 15–16; Honey from a Weed, 7, 26, 33, 40–2; Plats du Jour, 6, 8, 24–7, 28, 29, 32, 33; Ringdoves and Snakes, 39, 39*; Work Adventures Childhood Dreams, 9, 14, 19, 20*
Gray, Thomas, 7, 18–20, 24*
Green, Henry, 56†
Green, Janet, 201†, 204
Greene, Graham, xiii, xxvi
Greet, Sir Ben, 180
Grégoire, Marc, 51*
Gregson, John, 171, 173
Griffith, D.W., 179
Grimes, W. F., 219, 219*
Grime’s Graves, Norfolk, 228
Grossman, Joseph, 179–80, 183–4
Grunty Fen armilla, 226
Guards Chapel, London, V2 lands on, 49
Guildhall School of Music, 273
Habsburg, Archduke Charles Albert, 156
Hadid, Zaha, 128
Hall, Anne, 78
Hall, Denis Clark, 101–2
Hall, Radclyffe, 51
Hallett, Mr Justice, 283
Hamilton, Richard, Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing?, 116, 118
Hamlet (Laurence Olivier film), 201
Hancock, Tony, 73*; Hancock’s Half Hour, 291, 291*
The Happy Family (Muriel Box film), 198–9, 199
Harben, Philip, 34*
Harbord, Carl, 183
Harding, Gilbert, 47, 48, 64–6, 84
Harlow, Essex, 158, 159, 160
Harper, Peter, 78, 79
Harper’s Bazaar, xxiii, 304–5
Harraps (publishers), 186–7
Harris, Alexandra, Romantic Moderns, 256*
Harris, Julie, 201, 202
Harris, Sarah, 230*
Hartwell, George, 77
Harvey, Laurence, 202
Hastings, Max, 60*
Hatchards (publishers), 57
Hawkes, Christopher, 227–31, 233–4, 235, 236–7, 243; At British Museum, 231, 233, 234; divorce, 245–8, 249; ill health of, 233; reaction to A Quest of Love, 253
Hawkes, Jacquetta, 217, 225, 244, 254; as adviser to Festival of Britain, 243; affair with J.B. Priestley, 237–43, 245–8; affair with Walter J. Turner, 236–7; Albany Trust and, 252; appears on Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?, 223; background of, 224–6; biography of Wheeler, 221*, 250; birth of son Nicolas, 233; book about the archaeology of Jersey, 231–3; CND and, 251, 251–2; death of (1996), 255; dioramas of Iron Age settlements, 243–4; divorce, 245–8; early interest in archaeology, 226; emotional life of, 223–4, 227, 228*, 231, 234–5; excavations in County Waterford, 233, 234; ‘experiments’ (affairs), 236; Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 233; as a governor of British Film Institute, 243; honeymoon in Majorca, 231; in Japan with Priestley, 246, 248; journalism, 250; jumps from window (1940), 235, 235*; love for Betty Pinney, 234–5, 236, 242, 253; as marginalised in later years, 255–6; married life with Christopher, 231, 233, 253; married life with Priestley, 249–50, 251, 251*, 252; marries Priestley, 248–9, 249; meets and marries Christopher, 227–31, 231*, 232; as missing link in world of ‘heritage’, 256–7; at Mount Carmel, Palestine, 228, 228*, 229; relations with mother-in-law, 228, 229, 233; scholarly articles by, 230, 230*; Second World War and, 234, 235–6; sexuality, 223–4, 234–5, 235*, 240–1, 242, 250, 253; as undergraduate at Cambridge, 226–7; UNESCO meeting in Mexico, 237–9; Vita Sackville-West and, 244, 244*; The Beginning of History (film), 257; Figures in a Landscape (film), 250, 250*; The History of Mankind (UNESCO project), 250; Journey Down a Rainbow (with Priestley), 250; A Land, 221–4, 222, 222*, 233, 244, 245, 250, 256; Man on Earth, 250; A Quest of Love, 231, 252–5, 255*; The Shell Guide to Archaeology, 250; Symbols and Speculations (poetry collection), 237; ‘The Way Out’ (essay for CND), 251
Hawkes, Nicolas, 231*, 233, 235, 235*, 236, 243, 247, 250, 253
Heal, Joanne, 270–1
Hecht, Ben, 209
Heilbron, Annie, 275, 277, 286
Heilbron, Hilary, 273–4, 273*, 279, 281, 284*, 293
Heilbron, Max, 272, 275, 277, 286
Heilbron, Nellie, 272, 275
Heilbron, Rose, xiv, xvii, 259, 275, 293; after-dinner speeches by, 282, 290, 292; appointed high court judge, 295–6, 296; background of, 272–5; becomes Britain’s youngest woman barrister, 275; birth of daughter Hilary, 279; Louis Bloom trial, 283–4; Bootle Bath Murder trial, 282; brief theatrical career, 273–4; Cameo Murders trials and, 280–2; chairs advisory group on the law of rape, 297; Jack Comer trial, 287–90, 289; death of (2005), 297; defence barrister in Vicky Clark case, 266–8, 267, 290, 291; elected leader of the Northern Circuit, 295, 295*; elocution, 272–3, 273*; as England’s first female judge, 271, 291, 291–2; fame of, 268–71, 270, 281–92, 295, 296–7; first woman Commissioner of Assize, 294; first woman judge at the Old Bailey, 295; as first woman to lead in a murder trial, 277; as hard
worker, 292–3; High Court Bench judgments, 296–7; home life of, 270–1, 293–4; honorary colonel in the Women’s Royal Army Corps, 293; legacy of, 297–8; legal study and training, 274–5; marries Nat Burstein (1945), 277–8; Dennis Murtagh trial, 286–7; pre-1949 legal career, 276–9; press attention towards, 268–71, 272, 275–6, 278, 279, 281–2, 284–6, 295, 296; public’s response to, 268, 286*, 290–2; represents Liverpool dockers, 282; spoken voice of, 272; Mary Standish trial, 284; takes silk, 268, 269, 279–80; Harold Winstanley trial, 284
Heinemann, xxii
Henderson, Fergus, 41
Henderson, Laura, 72
Henderson, Nigel, 105*, 109*, 117
Henrion, F. H. K., 20, 21, 24, 40
Henry, Joan, 175; Who Lie in Gaol, 174, 174*; Yield to the Night, 174*
Hepburn, Audrey, 299, 303
Hepburn, Katharine, 50, 209, 209, 302
Hepworth, Barbara, 160, 250, 250*
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (Clive Donner film), 213
Hessler, Patricia, 283–4
Hidcote Manor, 155, 161, 165
Highgrove, 148
Hill, Billy, 287, 289, 290
Hill, Rosemary, 6
Hindle Wakes (Stanley Haughton play), 182
historians, male, xiii
Hobson, Harold, 305
Hodgkin, Dorothy, 252
Hodgson, Vere, 4
Holker Scholarship, 274
Holland, Dodo, 12–13, 16
Holland, Eardley, 13, 15
Holland Park School, 122*
Holloway, Stanley, 198–9
homemaking and motherhood: the family as sacred institution, xvi; housework, xiv, 114, 276; Alison Smithson and, 95, 96, 110–11, 122; working mother concept, 30–1, 95; see also childcare; kitchens; marriage
Homes & Gardens, 155
Homicide Act (1957), 294
homosexuality, 50, 64, 252
Hope, Bob, 209
Hopkins, Frederick Gowland, 224, 229*, 230
Hopkins, Jessie, 224, 225, 230
Horwood, Catherine, Gardening Women, 156*
house building programmes, 5, 112–13, 126–8, 154
Housing Subsidies Act, 112
Housman, A. E., 230
Houston, Donald, 208
Houston, Penelope, 175
Howard, Constance, 21
Howard, Elizabeth Jane, xxvi, 58
Howard, Gerald (QC), 265
Howard, John, 24
Howard, Leslie, 183*
Howley, Pamela, 51
Hudis, Norman, 205–6
Huggets films (Betty Box produced), 195
Hughes, Joan, 75–6, 76, 80
Huxley, Julian, 20
Hyams, Sophie, 288
Ideal Home Exhibition, 113–16, 301
Illinois Institute of Technology, 96*, 105*