George’s recent comment here about Evelyn Waugh’s (Wu as Conrad calls him) generous opinion of Conrad Russell was written after Conrad’s death. He had not had an opportunity to read Conrad’s letters.
Anthony Sampson’s Anatomy of Britain in 1962 was a success with many follow-ups until Who Runs This Place? The Anatomy of Britain in the 21st Century in 2004; last in the series as Samson died that year.
”Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.” (Wikipedia)
Peter Fleming (journalist, soldier, travel writer and brother of Ian) commissioned Jan Struther to write a regular column for The Times about “an ordinary sort of woman who leads an ordinary sort of life”.