In wartime strange things happen. As bombs fell on London, musicians the likes of Myra Hess and dozens of others performed concerts in the empty National Gallery for audiences seldom seen in London’s concert halls.
Postcard menus and menus with detachable postcards were once very popular and soon became collector’s items. This account, partly from the diary of an art world celeb of the early 20th century, is filled with bits of history that are as savory as the Spaghetti a la Carlos – pasta topped with buttered green peas!