Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/A/A1/520/95
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/520/95
Title
Autograph letter signed to Beaton.
Date(s)
- (Letter undated.) (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2p paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Adored Beaton's Paris letters. Asks him to go to the Hawthornden prize-giving ceremony, which Siegfried (Sassoon) has won, and write an account of it. Has written a short story. Describes the place he is staying. Is living an incredibly pampered life. Laughed when he heard Baba's words. Asks Beaton to fill his next letter with "poisonous gossip".