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The Passing Show [v1, #36, November 26, 1932] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Why Do I Smoke? · Hannen Swaffer · ar 6 · I Let You Read My Diary · Gladys Cooper · ex 8 · All the Usual Crowd · R. W. Thompson · ss 10 · Looking-Glass Land, No. 3: Russia at Play · Lars Moën · ar 12 · All Books in One · Shaw Desmond · ar 13 · Lady Preferred · J. J. Bell · ss 17 · Private Lives 36: “Old English” · Private Secretary · ar [Lord Lonsdale]; about the Empire’s “most universally popular peer”. 18 · The Fight for Fish · J. Murray Smith · ar 20 · Pickled Onions · George Gaston Vincent · ss 22 · Whither Mankind?—2: Healthier, Handsomer Grandchildren · James Lansdale Hodson · ar; considers advances in health and states that in another 50 years a retirement age of 60 will be considered ridiculous. 24 · Ninety-Nine Novels—and Murder [Belinda “Lindy” Browne] · Will Scott · ss

The Passing Show [v1, #37, December 3, 1932] (2d, 40pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Christmas Number. Details supplied by Bob Adey. 5 · Christmas Must Come True! · Hannen Swaffer · ar 6 · Take Your Ticket for the Toyland Express · George Godwin · ar 8 · The Autobiography of a Christmas Wait · Ashley Sterne · ss 9 · The Battle of the Bergs · Anon. · ia; mainly photographs. 10 · Down Under Today · R. W. Thompson · ar 13 · Ghost Guaranteed · Mary Hastings Bradley · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jul 30 1932 16 · His Diary. I’m Managing Director of Me · J. B. Priestley (as told to John Gliddon) · ar 18 · Mrs. Piltdown Man · Bruce Bairnsfather · ss 19 · Private Lives 37: Sir Santa Claus · Private Secretary · ar 20 · Scareobatics · J. Murray Smith · ar 22 · The Man I Hated · Alan Sullivan · ss 24 · Looking-Glass Land, No. 4: How Much Is a Rouble? · Lars Moën · ar 26 · The Christmas Crime [Belinda “Lindy” Browne] · Will Scott · ss 31 · Other People’s Jobs, No. 10. Housekeeping for Snakes · R. A. Lanworth · ar 34 · Goodwill to All Men and Women · [The Editor] · ar

The Passing Show [v1, #38, December 10, 1932] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Yes, It Is Romantic! · Hannen Swaffer · ar 6 · I Let You Read My Diary · Evelyn Laye · ex 8 · Starched Splendour · Joan Kennedy · ar 9 · The Four Sportsmen of the Apocalypse · H. Kingsley Long · ar 10 · Where Christmas Comes From Here We Are Again · George Goodwin · ar 12 · Signing It with Music · W. Shirley Long · ar 13 · “All Dooties Done” · Dudley Hoys · ss 17 · Private Lives 38: The Winged Philosopher · Private Secretary · ar [Sir Rabindranath Tagore] 18 · Batons Are Bad for You · Ritchie Calder · ar 20 · A Pair of Curling-Irons · Olive P. Barrett · ss 22 · Looking-Glass Land, No. 5: I Work for the Soviets · Lars Moën · ar 24 · Lindy Answers the Silent Call [Belinda “Lindy” Browne] · Will Scott · ss 28 · There’s Soot in My Blood · Robert Wellas · ar; by a chimney sweep.

The Passing Show [v1, #39, December 17, 1932] (2d, 36pp, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Bob Adey. 5 · What Can I Give You? · Hannen Swaffer · ar 6 · War in the Ether! · Kenneth Ullyett · ar 8 · Let Me Do Everything · Lance Sieveking · ar 9 · Marriage Costs Too Much · F. E. Baily · ss 10 · Beverley Nichols’ Diary. A Day I Shall Never Forget! · Beverley Nichols (as told to John Gliddon) · ar 12 · One Berry: One Kiss · George Godwin · ar 13 · Wolf Winter · Geoffrey Pinnock · ar 14 · The Weaker Vessel · Lamira A. Williams Jarrell · ss Liberty Oct 1 1932 17 · Private Lives 39: The Colleen and Sir John · Private Secretary · ar 18 · Unexplored · Jeffrey Truby · ar 20 · The Audience Ate · A. Windsor-Richards · ss 22 · Looking-Glass Land, No. 6: How a Russian Sees You · Lars Moën · ar 24 · The Truth about Sir Rattan [Belinda “Lindy” Browne] · Will Scott · ss 28 · Other People’s Jobs, No. 13. I’m Always Booked Up · A Shop Assistant · ar 30 · Here’s a Present for You · [The Editor] · ar

The Passing Show [v1, #40, December 24, 1932] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · That Cat That Nearly Barked · Hannen Swaffer · ar 6 · Machines Are Killing Religion · Shaw Desmond · ar 8 · Toppers Have Toppled · A. A. Thompson · ar 9 · Besieged at Christmas · Dorothy Black · ar; about women in Upper Burma. 10 · This Year of Pace! · J. Wentworth Day · ar 11 · The Secret of Slyme Court [Slyme Court] · H. M. Raleigh · ss 15 · Private Lives 40: “Bombo” · Private Secretary · ar [J. B. S. Haldane] 16 · Science Is Afraid of Ghosts · Ritchie Calder · ar 18 · Pierrot Pays Up · Richard M. H. Dicker · ss 20 · Where Christmas Comes From Panto from the World ‘Go!’ · George Godwin · ar 22 · Black King Still Standing [Belinda “Lindy” Browne] · Will Scott · ss 24 · Margaret Kennedy’s Diary · John Gliddon · ar

The Passing Show [v1, #41, December 31, 1932] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · December the Thirty-Worst · Hannen Swaffer · ar 4 · Why Not a Monday-to-Saturday Religion? · Shaw Desmond · ar 6 · Non-Stop Monotony · Ashley Sterne · ar 8 · Women!—This Was a Man’s Year · Hugh Pilcher · ar 10 · We’re being Washed Away! · Claude F. Luke · ar 11 · Divided by Two · Frank Condon · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 1 1932 15 · Private Lives 41: An Emperor of M.P.G. · Private Secretary · ar [Henri Deterding]; about “the most powerful man in Europe”. 16 · Miss Robinson Crusoe · A. M. Karlin · ar; #2 in series, Women on the Edge of the World. 18 · Tight and Loose · Neil Gow · ss 20 · When I Jump Out of Bed · Bobby Howes · ex; another in the personal diary series as told to John Gliddon. 22 · A Matter of Minutes [Belinda “Lindy” Browne] · Will Scott · ss

The Passing Show [v1, #42, January 7, 1933] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · Do You Stay at Home When You Travel? · Hannen Swaffer · ar 4 · The Show Behind the Show · J. Murray Smith · ar 6 · There Are No Private Affairs · Pamela Frankau · ar 7 · It Will Happen in 1933 · Sir Stafford Cripps, Sir Josiah Stamp, Lord Arnold, Sir Malcolm Campbell, Sir Henri Deterding, Lady Noel Buxton, Sir Kingsley Wood & Sir Oswald Stoll · sy; symposium on possible achievements including the conquest of Everest. 8 · All These Wonders—and No God? · Shaw Desmond · ar 10 · Words—but Nobody Spoke · Leonora Gregory · ar 11 · The Thousand-Pound Hour · Philip C. Chadwick · ss 15 · Private Lives 42: The Man Who Despises People · Private Secretary · ar [Jacob Epstein] 16 · Serpent City · Jane Blakeley · ar; #3 in series, Women on the Edge of the World. 18 · The Mountain · George Godwin · ss 20 · I Sing in My Bath · Jack Payne · ex; another in the personal diary series as told to John Gliddon. 22 · A Bottle of Brilliantine [Belinda “Lindy” Browne] · Will Scott · ss 24 · How Ben Earns £400 a Year · J. Wentworth Day · ar

The Passing Show [v1, #43, January 14, 1933] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Hope in your Discontent · Hannen Swaffer · ar 6 · Wild Men and Women, 1: She’s Got Your Head · Rosita Forbes · ar 8 · Please Take My Money · R. W. Thompson · ar 9 · Why Not a Senate of Scientists? · Ritchie Calder · ar 10 · Transatlantic · Captain E. T. Britten · ex; from the diary of the Captain of the Berengaria as told to John Gliddon. 12 · Viva el Rey! · George Edinger · ar 13 · Found Shot · B. L. Jacot · ss 17 · Private Lives 43: Farmer George · Private Secretary · ar [David Lloyd George] 20 · Little Old Lady · Ursula Bloom · ss 22 · Religion Must Come Down from the Clouds · Shaw Desmond · ar 24 · The Clue from the Air [Belinda “Lindy” Browne] · Will Scott · ss

The Passing Show [v1, #44, January 21, 1933] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · We Sacrifice 500 Years for 5 Minutes · Hannen Swaffer · ar 6 · Wild Men and Women, 2: The Woman Who Died Twice · Rosita Forbes · ar 8 · Poor Queen Bess! · Will Scott · ss 9 · Wrestling with the Robots · Joan Woollcombe · ar 10 · Not a Laugh in 100 Zoos? · H. E. L. Mellersh · ar 12 · Trembling to Victory · Irene Veal · ar 13 · The Kidnapped Angel [Ann Holt, Newsgirl] · A. A. Thomson · ss 17 · Private Lives 44: The Fattest Author · Private Secretary · ar [G. K. Chesterton] 18 · The Next Craze—Television? · Kenneth Ullyett · ar 20 · Two Sides of a Question · Sewell Stokes · ss 22 · Why the Churches Have Failed · Shaw Desmond · ar 24 · In Pastures New · J. D. Strange · ss

The Passing Show [v1, #45, January 28, 1933] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · People—Mr. Piper · Will Scott · ar 6 · Treasure Train, 1: We Smuggle Rumania’s Royal Treasure · Capt. George A. Hill · ar 8 · Are You Grown Up? · George Godwin · ar 9 · I Go Back to Nature · S. L. Bensusan · ar; the first in what became a regular “Back to Nature” feature. 10 · Horses Are Human · Willy Schumann · ar 11 · Let’s Alter the Earth · [Various] · pi; feature showing how to transform certain places, e.g. Sahara, North Sea as planned by German and French engineers. 12 · Four Days at Sea · Hannen Swaffer · ar 13 · Woman of Babylon · Archie Land · ss 17 · Private Lives 44: Guglielmo, Marquis of the Magic Sea · Private Secretary · ar; note: from this point on the series is misnumbered by one. 18 · Wild Men and Women, 3: The Vengeance of the Tiger-Fish · Rosita Forbes · ar 20 · The Grip in a Dark Pool · Charles G. D. Roberts · ss 22 · The Religion of the Future · Shaw Desmond · ar 24 · Left-Handed Lightning [Ann Holt, Newsgirl] · A. A. Thomson · ss 28 · I Act with the Curtain Down · P. Langdale · ar

The Passing Show [v1, #46, February 4, 1933] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · People: Mr. Balham-Smith · Will Scott · ar 6 · When Women Were Ladies (and Most Men Were Cads) · Gilbert Frankau · ar 8 · Husbands Are Habits · Charlotte Haldane · ar 9 · What Happened in the Mosque · Hannen Swaffer · ar 10 · Treasure Train, 2: We Steal a Locomotive Under the Muzzles of the Russian Guns · Capt. George A. Hill · ar 12 · Spring Stirs in the Little Wood · S. L. Bensusan · ar 13 · The Diplomatic Lunatic · Eric Barker · ss 17 · Private Lives 45: The Man Who Leaves His Body · Private Secretary · ar [Albert Einstein] 18 · Wild Men and Women, 4: The Village of the Vampires · Rosita Forbes · ar 20 · Mr. Justice Ananias · Harold Simpson · ss 22 · Atoms, Oranges—and all That · Ritchie Calder · ar 24 · Disaster in the North [Ann Holt, Newsgirl] · A. A. Thomson · ss

The Passing Show [v1, #47, February 11, 1933] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Share the Kick That I Get · J. Murray Smith & Billy Walker · ar; new sports feature. 8 · People: We All Know Each Other · Will Scott · ar 9 · A Run with Radio Robert, the Road Racer · Stephen Bond · ar 10 · The Age of Hats · Gilbert Frankau · ar 12 · The Glory of Egypt · Hannen Swaffer · ar 13 · The Man who Bought Penelope · Dale Collins · ss 17 · Private Lives 46: Winnie the Pooh Bah · Private Secretary · ar [Sir Winston Churchill] 18 · Wild Men and Women, 5: He Shot the Heels Off a Policeman’s Boots · Rosita Forbes · ar 20 · With Flowers · Olive Barrett · ss 22 · My Judgment of Paris · Ivor Novello · ex; from his diary. 24 · The Reluctant Buccaneer [Ann Holt, Newsgirl] · A. A. Thomson · ss 28 · The Animals I Shall Welcome · S. L. Bensusan · ar

The Passing Show [v1, #48, February 18, 1933] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Six Treasure Hoards Worth Seeking · Harold T. Wilkins · ar 7 · People: Professor Scissors · Will Scott · ar 8 · I Like Plain-Clothes Parsons · Charles Pilley · ar 9 · The Diary of a Woman M.P. · Thelma Cazalet · ex; from her diary. 10 · Slave Wives and Humbug Husbands · Gilbert Frankau · ar 12 · Dig, dig, dig, and You’ll find Cruelty · Hannen Swaffer · ar 13 · The Gold Frog · James Francis Dwyer · ss 17 · Private Lives 47: The Loftiest Man on Earth · Private Secretary · ar [Auguste Picard]; who had traveled higher into the sky than anyone. 20 · Six Hats · T. E. B. Clarke · ss 22 · With the Gloves Off · T. S. Phillips · ar 24 · The Sinister Gallery [Ann Holt, Newsgirl] · A. A. Thomson · ss 28 · We Rebuild the Cottage · S. L. Bensusan · ar

The Passing Show [v1, #49, February 25, 1933] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · The Poisoned Port [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss 9 · People: Ambrose Clay Is a Liar! · Will Scott · ar 10 · Keep Wicket for England · J. Murray Smith & Herbert Strudwick · ar 12 · The Keeper of the Stars · Ashley Sterne · ar; about the Astronomer Royal. 13 · Romance Is on the Map · George Edinger · ar 14 · My Pre-War Voyage Around the World · Gilbert Frankau · ar 16 · They Couldn’t Say Goodbye · Hannen Swaffer · ar 17 · Private Lives 48: Dick, the Jolly Dean · Private Secretary · ar [Reverend Dick Sheppard] 18 · Amazing Meals I Have Eaten · Lady Drummond-Hay · ar; meals around the world. 20 · Not Her Business · W. A. Sweeney · ss 22 · The Tragedy of Pa Wa, the White Elephant · Frank Buck · ar 24 · First Night for Four [Ann Holt, Newsgirl] · A. A. Thomson · ss 28 · How Will Our Garden Grow? · S. L. Bensusan · ar

The Passing Show [v1, #50, March 4, 1933] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · My Indian Adventures, 1: Into Terror on an Elephant · Ellen Wilkinson · ar 9 · People: No Irish Sweep for Her · Will Scott · ar 10 · Three Rounds of Fury · J. Murray Smith & Jack Petersen · ar 12 · Fear · Roland Wild · ss 13 · What Do Your Eyes See? · Hannen Swaffer · ar 14 · Putting a Drama on the Air · Daphne Clare · ar 16 · Time He Knew Better! · Miles Henslow · ar 17 · Private Lives 49: The Richest Man in Britain · Private Secretary · ar [Sir John Ellerman] 19 · Sleuths on the Scent [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss 24 · When the World Went Mad · Gilbert Frankau · ar 26 · A Fool Steps In · Mark Holland · ss 31 · My Brother Mamoonsi · Francis P. Cabot · ar 32 · The Love Season · S. L. Bensusan · ar

The Passing Show [v1, #51, March 11, 1933] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 7 · How to Fly the Atlantic · James A. Mollison · ar 9 · People: Enter—Miss Fairie · Will Scott · ar 10 · Sitting on the Pence · Ashley Sterne · ar 11 · A Pat on the Back · Hannen Swaffer · ar 12 · Where Women Are Also Warriors · Ellen Wilkinson · ar 14 · He Stamped on It · Maurice Cowan · ss 15 · Private Lives 50: Tree-Dweller · Private Secretary · ar [Charles Laughton] 16 · Goodbye—You Sailers— · Carl Olsson · ar 19 · Murder in the Morning [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss 24 · Mother Was Suffocated, but You— · Gilbert Frankau · ar 26 · It Happened in America · Everett Rhodes Castle · ss 32 · Old Mr. Tripp on Cuckoos · S. L. Bensusan · ar

The Passing Show [v1, #52, March 18, 1933] (2d, 9¼" x 12", cover by Gilbert Wilkinson) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 5 · Ride a Flying Horse · J. Murray Smith & Bobby Everett · ar 8 · Why Labour All Our Lives? · Ashley Sterne · ar 9 · People: Technocrazy! · Will Scott · ar 10 · One Year of Women’s Rule · D. M. B. Collier · ar 12 · What’s Inside? · Hannen Swaffer · ar 13 · One Too Many [Montague Egg] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss 17 · Private Lives 51: Plum and the Old Thing · Private Secretary · ar [P. G. Wodehouse] 18 · Boy Ruler of a Warrior King · Ellen Wilkinson · ar [John Khan] 20 · Gamblers All · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss 22 · How to Fly the Atlantic, 2: Sea Hop · James A. Mollison · ar 24 · The Riddle of the Well · B. L. Jacot · ss 28 · Two Enemies in the Garden · S. L. Bensusan · ar