Bright young things

This article is about young aristocrats of 1920s London. For the film, see Bright Young Things (film).

The Bright Young Things, or Bright Young People,^[1]^[2] was a nickname given by the tabloid press to a group of bohemian young aristocrats and socialites in 1920s London.^[3] They threw elaborate fancy dress parties, went on elaborate treasure hunts through nighttime London, drank heavily and used drugs—all of which was enthusiastically covered by journalists such as Tom Driberg.^[4] They inspired a number of writers, including Nancy Mitford (Highland Fling), Anthony Powell (A Dance to the Music of Time), Henry Green (Party Going) and the poet John Betjeman (A Subaltern's Love Song). Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel Vile Bodies, adapted as the 2003 film Bright Young Things, is a satirical look at this scene.^[4] Cecil Beaton began his career in photography by documenting this set, of which he was a member.^[5]

List

Taylor, D.J. (2009). Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age. New York: DFarrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0374116830. (U.S edition)
- Taylor, D.J. (2007). Bright Young People: The Rise and Fall of a Generation 1918–1940. London: Chatto & Windus. ISBN 0701177543. (British edition)

Bright Young Things (2003), IMDB.com; Written and directed by Stephen Fry, based on Evelyn Waugh's novel Vile Bodies
Taylor, D.J. "Bright Young People". djtaylorwriter.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-02.

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