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Talk:Graham Greene (writer)

I belive that Greene worked as a short while for the Secret Intelligence Service (which is confirmed by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Man_in_Havana), but I think more tangiable proof is needed before it is added.

User 195.3.113.86 keeps adding this to Help & Faq pages. I've only tested it at Google once, and it passed. I'm sticking it here for now, maybe someone will merge it (but run a few more Google tests)

Graham Greene „Childhood is life under a dictatorship“

English novelist, short-story writer, playwright and journalist

Biography

Graham Greene was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England on October 2, 1904 to Charles Henry and Marion Raymond Greene, the fourth of six children. He was educated at the University of Oxford. Greene wrote regularly in Student Magazines, and was an editor of The Oxford Outlook. His first work, a collection of poems, Babbling April, was published during his last year at Oxford. After graduation, he worked briefly for the Nottingham Journal. In February 1926 Greene converted to Roman Catholicism, in March he returned to London where he worked for four years as a sub-editor on The Times and for the Spectator, where he was a film critic and a literary editor until 1940. In 1927 Greene married Vivienne Dayrell-Browning. Greene‘s first novel, The Man Within, came out in 1929. A lucrative contract with Heinemann followed, for his next three novels, enabling him to resign from The Times, and devote more time to his novels. The Name of Action and Rumour at Nightfall, his next two books, did not do very well. After the unsuccessful attempts as a novelist, Greene was about to abandon writing. The Greenes moved to the Cotswolds in 1931, and he had begun work on what was to establish him as a significant literary figure. Stamboul Train (also known as Orient Express), a thriller with a topical and political flavour, went on to become a commercial success, and a film (by Twentieth Century Fox). Greene characterized his early works as "entertainments" ("The critic as much as the film, is supposed to entertain..."), and his later works concentrated on the struggle between good and evil within man. These works were filled with moral, religious (e.g. The Heart Of The Matter) and social themes, and were inspired by his earlier conversion to Roman Catholicism. He termed these works his "novels", and they were filled with exotic locales and a detached portrayal of characters that would become his trademark. Greene was perpetually concerned with the problem of grace, with the shape of God`s mercy, and saw Catholicism not as a creed for the triumphant, but rather for the desperate. He seemed to be obsessed with evil; indeed, his last few novels added a strange mix of moral doubt and psychological conflict which enhanced the terror of the works. Whether these elements were present in his personal life has been open to debate for quite sometime, and he began to dabble in later years in mysticism and Native American spirituality. After Stamboul Train Greene started reviewing for The Spectator. He continued to review films for over a decade (over five hundred reviews of books, films, and plays). Vivien Greene gave birth to a daughter in December 1933, six months after they had moved again, this time to Oxford. Greene started travelling extensively in 1934 - brief trips to Germany, Latvia and Estonia. Francis Greene was born in September 1936. 1938 Greene made a trip to Mexico, to investigate into alleged atrocities against the Catholics. The result of the journey was two books, The Lawless Roads and The Power And The Glory. The latter won for him his first major literary prize, The Hawthornden; The outbreak of the Second World War led to Vivien and the children evacuating to Crowborough, and later Oxford. During the war Greene worked in an intelligence capacity for the Foreign Office in London. After the war he travelled as a free-lance journalist, and lived long periods in Nice, on the French Riviera. He received numerous honours from around the world, and published two volumes of autobiography, A Sort Of Life(1971), Ways Of Escape (1980), and the story of his friendship with Panamanian dictator Omar Torillo. Greene was commissioned to write a film treatment based on, Vienna, a city occupied by the Four Powers at the time. He collaborated with Carol Reedin writing The Third Man, a skilful tale of deception and drug trafficking. The film went on to win the First Prize at Cannes in 1949. Graham Greene was often a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature, but he never received the award. After the collapse of his marriage he had several relationships, among others in the 1950s with the Swedish actress Anita Björk. Greene died in Vevey, Switzerland, on April 3, but his last work was not published until 1994, called A World Of My Own: a dream diary, it was culled from over 800 pages of diaries and journals he kept over a 24 year span and was a partly fictitious, partly autobiographical accounting of his life and travels.

Bibliography

Brighton Rock (1938): Greene‘s religious convictions become overtly apparent

The Power And The Glory (1940): Communist Mexico during the 1930`s at a time when Catholics were persecuted and all the priests killed or driven from the country

The End Of The Affair (1951): partly based on Greene‘ s affair with Catherine Walston;

After Two Years (1949)

The Quiet American (1955): In the 1950s Greene‘s emphasis switched from religion to politics; about American involvement in Indochina ·

He died in an accident while riding his bicycle near Nice (France). I can't find a reliable source.

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Talk:Elizabeth II

VE Day celebrations?
This article https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a46126585/real-story-queen-ve-night-out/ contains an account by the Queen’s cousin, Margaret Rhodes, which implies that Princess Elizabeth was among a party that dance the conga at the Ritz Hotel on VE Day. "For some reason, we decided to go in the front door of the Ritz and do the conga," Rhodes recalled. "The Ritz has always been so stuffy and formal – we rather electrified the stuffy individuals inside. I don't think people realised who was among the party – I think they thought it was just a group of drunk young people. I remember old ladies looking faintly shocked. As one congaed through, eyebrows were raised." Is this a credible? Corsac Fox Kazakhstan (talk) 14:05, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

 * Also found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_-Gs0CIDf0 Corsac Fox Kazakhstan (talk) 08:14, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * It's not clear what changes you want to make to the article. Celia Homeford (talk) 10:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I was suggesting adding a sentence that describes Princess Elizabeth's celebratory conga at the Ritz on VE day. Though I was a bit wary as it is quite thin evidence. This would give a non-fictitious account, contrary to the vulgar fiction of dancing the jitterbug with GIs in The Crown on Netflix (see my comment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Crown_season_6 ) CorsacFoxWiki (talk) 15:22, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Surname
A death certificate from a reputable source is sufficient evidence for a surname. Even the official website says that surnames have been in use since 1917. It's not clear what @DeCausa's reason for reverting is. Thanks Titus Gold (talk) 22:57, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * This was already discussed before & the consensus was to exclude any surname, in the intro. GoodDay (talk) 22:59, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Titus Gold, it should be clear to you because you raised the exact same point here on 8 December 2022. A lengthy thread ensued. Have you forgotten? DeCausa (talk) 06:35, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Consensus can change. It's not uncommon to revisit a discussion from over 12 months ago. Particularly one where 'I don't like it' triumphed over 'multiple sources say this'. Celia Homeford (talk) 10:50, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Previous consensus was not the point raised or referred to. DeCausa (talk) 13:00, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * "This was already discussed before & the consensus was to exclude any surname" = previous consensus raised and referred to. Celia Homeford (talk) 13:55, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * apologies, I thought you were replying to me. DeCausa (talk) 18:31, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok fair enough; thanks for the link. I didn't recall that there had been an RFC since it was a while ago. Just saw some royals' full names come up recently in the news. No problem. Titus Gold (talk) 13:19, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Main Photo
I would be in favour of changing the image of Elizabeth II to a photo from sometime in the middle of her reign, as that’s what most people will remember her as.

This photo is on the Commons: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Her_Majesty_Queen_Elizabeth_II_of_the_Commonwealth_Realms.jpg Waverland (talk) 08:51, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

 * I must admit, I have never liked the current photo from 1959 so I'd be mor than happy for it to be changed. Although, I must admit that the 2015 Photo looks better and should be reinstated https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_in_March_2015.jpg Pepper Gaming (talk) 23:00, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * can we not open a new RFC to discuss this? Pepper Gaming (talk) 11:52, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It's unlikely everyone's changed their minds after the very deliberate discussion that was only a year ago. Remsense  诉  11:54, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * 18 months ago now, but I agree. Choice of photo for an infobox can be subjective, so I’m not keen on re-opening the issue once a consensus was reached. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 14:10, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Completely understand that, and if a consensus was reached then that must be accepted. I just think that the photo of the 33 year old Queen is not a good representation for how the majority of the public will remember her, but as you say it is definitely subjective. Waverland (talk) 14:22, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I completely agree with @Waverland, But I think it's time to open an RFC. I've never liked the portrait for many reasons (The fact that it is a Painting, rather than an actual photograph is one of those reasons). I'm still not budging from my original opinion (an opinion I formed 18 months ago when the image was first changed). And I feel like it should be changed to at least a Photograph of the Queen rather than a Painting Pepper Gaming (talk) 19:53, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It isn't a painting. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 19:57, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * If it isn't a painting, then what is it? Pepper Gaming (talk) 20:08, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't know. I'm stumped. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 20:13, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Turns out it's an early colour photograph. But it also looks like a painting at the same time. It's so confusing Pepper Gaming (talk) 10:16, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * While i agree with you, it’s not a painting, the portrait of the Queen Mother is but this one is an actual photo. Waverland (talk) 19:58, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * So it's an actual Photograph and not a Painting? I've always thought of it to be the latter Pepper Gaming (talk) 20:18, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I’ve just checked and it was take by Donald McKague in December 1958, published in 1959. Waverland (talk) 20:25, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Pepper Gaming said:
 * "But I think it's time to open an RFC. I've never liked the portrait for many reasons (The fact that it is a Painting, rather than an actual photograph is one of those reasons). I'm still not budging from my original opinion (an opinion I formed 18 months ago when the image was first changed)."
 * Thank you for letting us know that you reject WP:CONSENSUS and will continue to raise this issue until you get your own way. Duly noted. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 02:16, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The last RFC voted for this one by a vote, as I recall, of 16 to 12. A year is long enough for minds to change or new views to come from new editors. I see nothing wrong with a new RFC.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:41, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * +1, consensus can change over time. A new RfC would not be against policy.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 06:20, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * We've already been through this, multiple times. The 1959 image is what got consensus. PS - I highly doubt you'd get a consensus to replace the image, with a portrait. GoodDay (talk) 10:21, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * completely understandable, but I think you misunderstood what was being said. there was no discussion to replace the current photo with a portrait, rather confusion over whether the current image was a photograph or a painting. Waverland (talk) 15:42, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * All that is needed is the same level of consensus that got this on the page, that is a majority vote in a preference poll. Wehwalt (talk) 16:40, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
 * @GoodDay Can I ask what you mean by "I highly doubt you'd get a consensus to replace the image, with a portrait"
 * Do you mean with replacing the current (1959) image with a Painting/Drawing?
 * (And to clarify, part of the reason why I was opposed to the 1959 image in the first place was because I originally thought it was a Painting/Drawn portrait Pepper Gaming (talk) 11:43, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
 * A photo is better than a painting. GoodDay (talk) 17:06, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I agree, I was opposed to the 1959 image for a long time because I thought it was a Painting or a Drawn portrait. Pepper Gaming (talk) 10:32, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
 * A photo is also better than something that's easily mistaken as a painting. Ric36 (talk) 17:42, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * So I guess we're still getting nowhere with this. Ric36 (talk) 16:52, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I support a change to something in the 2020s Pharaoh496 (talk) 18:51, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Religion
Specifically Church of England. Any other Protestsnt would not be allowed. 2001:8003:2605:E500:5C68:C162:D520:11FA (talk) 06:03, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * There is also Church of Scotland in the UK. Keivan.f  Talk 22:54, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Broken link "The requested page could not be found"
The link

https://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/The%20House%20of%20Windsor%20from%201952/HRHPrincessMargaret/Marriageandfamily.aspx

has rotted.

Suggest

https://www.royal.uk/encyclopedia/princess-margaret CorsacFoxWiki (talk) 15:12, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

 * The rotted link is archived on the Wayback Machine here. This could also be added.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 15:17, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * That seems excellent. CorsacFoxWiki (talk) 15:24, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * sorry for the misunderstanding. 2A02:6B6F:F8D1:C600:F599:76B5:D2B2:7728 (talk) 15:27, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

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User talk:WAKEN

I've been trying to find out how much the Italian 8x59 bullet used in the Model 35 and 37 machine-guns weighed. Anybody know? I'm also looking for the following information about WW2 era Siamese rifles: Weight of the 8mm Type 66 rifle Muzzle velocity of the 8mm Type 66 rifle Weight of the 8mm Type 46 rifle modified to fire the 8x52R round Muzzle velocity of the 8mm Type 46 rifle modified to fire the 8x52R round Weight of the 8x52R bullet

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