From the NS archive: Famine in Bengal
2 October 1943: The terrible reality of starvation and death witnessed first-hand in British India.
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From the NS archive: What’s left of the New Deal?
11 January 1936: In the US to assess Franklin D Roosevelt’s New Deal, HN Brailsford finds a watered-down affair.
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From the NS archive: Modesty in China
13 April 1957: What clothing is deemed ideologically sound in Mao’s China?
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From the NS archive: An unlikely encounter with a Congo mercenary
11 October 1963: In a Brussels bar David Dimbleby meets one of the players fighting for an independent state of Katanga.
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From the NS archive: A country pub
25 August 1934: The author’s memories of his aunt’s modest Bedfordshire pub evoke a vision of old England.
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From the NS archive: Seasonal workers on the land
31 January 1925: The reality of life for poor town dwellers spending their summers picking fruit in the countryside.
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From the NS archive: Beethoven’s panegyrical centenary
30 April 1927: On the centenary of Beethoven's death, Edward Sackville-West reviews three books on the composer, assessing both the…
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From the NS archive: Country notes
28 May 1938: Vita Sackville-West forsees the return of English wine.
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