Robert Browning Archives - Richard M. Langworth

“The Packard”: Ne Plus Ultra of Automotive House Organs (2)

25 April 2021 Comments 0 Comments

Today its old yellowed pages are an infinitesimal microcosm of what was a great company at the height of success, more valuable than the sterile if luxurious sales brochures. The last page of the last issue showed a majestic Deluxe Eight, pictured front-on, a testimonial to Packard integrity. Beneath it was a two-line statement that summarized the work of those who had created the finest automotive house organ in history: “This magazine reaches you as another evidence of our interest in your Packard ownership.’’

“The Packard”: Ne Plus Ultra of Automotive House Organs (1)

31 March 2021 Comments 0 Comments

The Q&A column ended with a confessional: "After this severe mental strain the Query Editor is working on the higher mathematics and differential calculus as a mild form of relaxation." And that was the whole idea, wasn't it? The Packard was a celebration—of all that was best in a young, dynamic company. The grand marque couldn't have had a better champion.

Lady Diana Cooper on Winston and Clementine Churchill

16 February 2018 Comments 2 Comments

Excerpt*

Famed for her beauty and the “durable fire” of her marriage to Alfred Duff Cooper, First Viscount Norwich, The Lady Diana Cooper was early admitted to friendship with Winston and Clementine Churchill. A stunning beauty and an accomplished actress, she was a glittering writer. Her trilogy of memoirs is redolent of that vanished England the Coopers and Churchills loved. Her books are worth seeking out: The Light of Common Day, Trumpets from the Steep and The Rainbow Comes and Goes (1958-60).

In another age, when even Churchill’s marriage is questioned by the ignorant, Lady Diana offers words worth remembering.…