Adrian to Pippa [Philippa Strachey]

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 106 9/27/F/054
  • Former Reference
      GB 106 ALC/5052
  • Dates of Creation
      3 Jan 1956
  • Physical Description
      1 item

Scope and Content

Thanking her for telling him about the life of Anthony Strachey 'from where our friendship left off and yours began' His present inability to get about is 'the only aspect of my present life upon which I will accept your sympathy without demur.' Says that he owes in a large measure to her a great affection for the less pretentious ordinary people and quotes a saying about P. 'Oh, but Pippa can't get in a bus without hearing the life story of the conductor'. With Envelope.