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Eccentric women: why they are more important than ever in our oppressive era

From Janelle Monáe to Tilda Swinton, unconventional women are having a moment. In an age threatened by groupthink and strongman politics, they provide an essential antidote

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Edith Sitwell: Avant Garde Poet, English Genius by Richard Greene – review

If Edith Sitwell was a pioneering modernist genius, as this definitive new biography suggests, her gift was not so much for poetry as for an outsider life well lived, writes Rachel Cooke

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Edith Sitwell was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, the only daughter of the eccentric Sir George Sitwell, 4th Baronet, of Renishaw Hall; he was an expert on genealogy and landscaping. Her mother was the former Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison, a daughter of the Earl of Londesborough and a granddaughter of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort. She claimed a descent through female lines from thePlantagenets. Edith Sitwell, Diana Cooper, English Fashion, Henri Cartier Bresson, Cecil Beaton, Black And White Photograph, My Fair Lady, Gerson, Advanced Style

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Masterpiece and Sitter: Sargent and The Sitwells - Edith Sitwell - Web Art Academy

Sitwell, Dame Edith Edith Sitwell Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic. Background Edith Sitwell was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, the only daughter of the eccentric Sir George Sitwell, 4th Baronet, of Renishaw Hall; he was an expert on genealogy and landscaping. Her mother was the former Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison, a daughter of the Earl of Londesborough and a granddaughter of Henry Somerset, 7th Duke of Beaufort. She claimed…

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Victorian London

People Of Interest

Edith Sitwell, 1945 at desk in hat with quill pens. Edith Sitwell was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, the only daughter of the aristocratic and eccentric Sir George Sitwell, 4th Baronet, of Renishaw…

Edith Sitwell, 1945

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' This gold collar was made for me by an American woman called Millicent Rogers. She was one of my greatest friends, though I only met her once. She sent it to me, and the British Museum kept it four days and thought it was pre-Columban[sic], undoubtedly from the tomb of an Inca-though they couldn't make out how the gold could be stiffened in a way that wasn't in existence in those days. But I have to be careful of the clanking when I am reciting and don't often wear it for that.' Classic Shots, Millicent Rogers, Edith Sitwell, Occult Jewelry, People Posing, Electric Eel, Iconic Jewelry, Huge Rings, Moo Moo

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decorating Edith with diamonds and rhubarb

. have you ever looked at many portraits, photography or paintings of Edith Sitwell? what strikes you? Edith 1918, by Roger Fry The woman, yes-She was extraordinary. Her features were captivating, perhaps not beautiful, perhaps not even close. Miss Sitwell did manage to make the list of DEVASTATING BEAUTIES compiled by little augury from a field of blogging aesthetes earlier in the year. After looking at photographs inching over the Sitwell profile, the deep set eyes draped by the shadow of…

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Dame Edith Sitwell, poet, critic and renowned eccentric, would dine with the Devonshires at Chatsworth in a full-length fur coat. Check out those rings! Edith Sitwell, Duchess Of Devonshire, The Duchess Of Devonshire, Mitford Sisters, Duke Of Devonshire, Susan Sontag, Cecil Beaton, Dramatic Style, Elizabeth I

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Duke Of Devonshire

Cecil Beaton exhibition at Chatsworth focuses on Duchess of Devonshire

A new exhibition of images taken by legendary photographer Sir Cecil Beaton at Chatsworth House is set to offer a fascinating insight into the lives of the Devonshire family.

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Writers And Poets

Edith Louisa Sitwell (1887-1964) - Find a Grave...

Poet, novelist, biographer and essayist. She published a number of poems during the 1920s which exploited the musical qualities of the language. Some of them were set to music by Sir William Walton and entitled 'Facade'. Her biographical studies included that of Alexander Pope and 'The English Eccentrics', and her...

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Marc Jacobs Shoes

See Tilda Swinton Totally Transform Into Legendary Eccentric Edith Sitwell

Her latest fashion collaboration with Tim Walker is a tribute to her infamous cousin.

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