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Ottoline

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A portrait of Lady Ottoline Morrell, born 100 years ago this month.
Ottoline was a mass of splendid materials - paint, powder, pearls and great nodding plumes ' - eccentric and magnificent, her literary salons were legendary in her lifetime. She entertained such eminent figures as W. B. Yeats. T. S. Eliot , Henry James. Aldous Huxley , Bertrand Russell, D. H. Lawrence , Augustus John , and many more. and here she is affectionately recalled by some of the people who attended those salons, including: DILYS POWELL
PROFESSOR QUENTIN BELL
ROSAMOND LEHMANN , JOHN LEHMANN WILLIAM PLOMER and Lady Ottoline's daughter JULIAN VINOGRADOFF with readings by GARARD GREEN
Compiled and narrated by DEREK PARKER
Producer MIRIAM RAPP

Contributors

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B. Yeats.
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T. S. Eliot
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Henry James.
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Aldous Huxley
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D. H. Lawrence
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Augustus John
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Dilys Powell
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Professor Quentin Bell
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Rosamond Lehmann
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John Lehmann
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William Plomer
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Julian Vinogradoff
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Derek Parker
Producer:
Miriam Rapp
Source: Radio Times

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