The Bright Young People is a nickname given by the tabloid press to a group of young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London. They threw elaborate fancy dress parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, and drank heavily and experimented with drugs—all of which was enthusiastically covered by the press.
“I used to know Brian Howard well - a dazzling young man to my innocent eyes… He was consumptive but the immediate cause of his death was a broken heart.”
- Evelyn Waugh on Brian Howard.
(Source: gatzzby)
Appreciation post for Stephen Tennant, history’s most endearing hedonist.
“I’m going to be a Bird of Paradise this Spring.”
(Source: bloomsburyist, via vorleben)
“He had little social tense. He was like some charming wild animal—one never felt he was really tame (or tameable).” —Stephen’s first impression of Siegfried in 1927
(Source: klaus-baudelaire, via sissybutton)
