Beverley Nichols Chronology 1898-1983

Sept 9th- John Beverley Nichols born at The Woods, Bower Ashton, Bristol, England. Parents – John and Pauline (two older brothers Alan and Paul).

Entered Oxford – became editor of The Isis and started a new magazine, the Oxford Outlook; had article published in the New York Post.

Patchwork, a novel, is published. Staff reporter for London Sunday Dispatch; wrote articles for London papers: Sunday Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily News, Daily Mirror and for America papers: Weekly Review, Outlook, and NY Evening Post.

Self, a novel is published. Wrote articles for the London Daily News “From an Attic Window” based on his stay in Greece. Other articles appeared in the London Sunday Times, London Daily Mail, the American Outlook, and the Baltimore Sun.

Writes series of short stories for London Daily News under the title Little Tales. They are published by the Daily News in 2 booklets with 30 stories in each.

Melodies and Memories published (autobiography of Melba ghostwritten by Beverley Nichols).

Writes a series of character portrait articles for London glossy magazine, The Sketch, which are later published as Are They the Same at Home?). Twenty-five, an autobiography is published.

Writes articles for Hearsts Good Housekeeping & Nash’s Magazine. Crazy Pavements, a novel, is published.  Are They the Same at Home?,- a collection of celebrity profiles, is published.

Women and Children Last, a collection of short stories is published. Oxford/London/Hollywood, a combined edition of Twenty-five, Are They The Same at Home? and The Star-Spangled Manner is published. Glamour, a film in which Beverley Nichols acts, opens in London.

How Does Your Garden Grow?, a collection of radio talks, is published.

Purchased house at One Ellerdale Close, Hampstead. The Fool Hath Said, a religious novel is published. No Place Like Home, a collection of travel writings is published.

Mesmer, the play, is produced in London. News of England, a political book is published.

Green Grows the City, a novel about gardening, is published. Revue, a novel, is published. Buys Butcher’s Barn, Danehill (near Haywards Heath) to escape London during the war.

Men Do Not Weep, a collection of short stories, is published. Sells Butcher’s Barn and moves back into Ellersdale Close.

Verdict on India, a political commentary, is published.

All I Could Never Be, an autobiography, is published. Shadow of the Vine, a play by Nichols is published. Yours Sincerely, a collections of magazine articles, is published.

The Moonflower, a mystery is published. Beverley Nichols’ Cat Book a collection of cat photographs is published.

The Rich Die Hard, a mystery, is published.

Purchases Sudbrook Cottage, Ham, Surrey in the Summer. Shadow of the Vine, is produced for television. The Sweet and Twenties, an autobiography is published.

Garden Open Today, a novel about gardening is published.

Forty Favorite Flowers, a book about gardening is published.

Art of Flower Arrangement, a book on garden writing is published.

Garden Open Tomorrow, a novel about gardening is published.

Gift of a Home, a condensed version of the Merry Hall trilogy, is published. Father Figure, an autobiography, is published.

Beverley Nichols’ Cats A to Z a compilation of the previous Cats books into one volume is published.

The Unforgiving Minute, an autobiography is published.

Twilight, a collection of poems, is published.

Fiftieth anniversary edition of Down the Garden Path published with new preface by Beverley Nichols.