Gatherum

My favourite English eccentric non-fiction would be Beards: an Omnium Gatherum by Reginald Reynolds, which is exactly as it describes itself: a social history of the beard, by one of those mildly obsessive academics post-war.

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I acted in one of the shows she co-wrote a year ago, “Omnium Gatherum”, the post-9/11 postapocalyptic dinner party.

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Indeed it was hinted that Mr Supplehouse and Harold Smith, with one or two others, were at Gatherum for this express purpose.

Framley Parsonage 2004

Mark found it impossible at the moment to make any remark upon what had been told him, but he felt a sudden qualm of conscience and a wish that he was back at Framley instead of Gatherum Castle at the present moment.

Framley Parsonage 2004

There is to be a very great party at Gatherum Castle next week, and they have talked me over into accepting an invitation which the duke sent expressly to me.

Framley Parsonage 2004

Culpepper, in spite of his enormity with reference to Gatherum

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Lady Lufton herself would almost as soon think of taking a young girl to Gatherum

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‘He has gone to Gatherum Castle for a day’s pheasant-shooting.

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Chaldicotes was to be swept up and garnered, and made part and parcel of the Gatherum property.

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They belonged altogether to another set, being connected, as we have heard before, with the Omnium interest — ‘those horrid Gatherum people’, as Lady Lufton would say to her, raising her hands and eyebrows, and shaking her head.

Framley Parsonage 2004