Widmerpool

Walton was caught driving dangerously after leaving his home on Widmerpool Street, Pinxton at 4am on April 9, magistrates heard. He had been in Nottingham with the cash because he hoped to find a new home in the city. He was spotted in the outskirts at ...

Chesterfield magistrates' court heard on Wednesday, April 20, how David Richardson, 48, of Widmerpool Street, Pinxton, had been driving along Wharf Road, Pinxton, when he complained to the three youngsters that they should not be in the road. Following ...

A dogged, charmless, unembarrassed striver, Widmerpool begins Powell's novels as a figure of mockery for his upper-class schoolmates. But over the course of the books he ascends past them — to power, influence, a peerage — through a mix of ruthless ...

The A606 Melton Road between Widmerpool and Stanton-on-the Wolds has been blocked in both directions because of an accident. Traffic is very slow. A606 Nottinghamshire – A606 Melton Road in Widmerpool blocked and slow traffic in both directions ...

Gegen dieses System verstösst immer wieder Jenkins' Schulkollege Kenneth Widmerpool, die faszinierendste Gestalt hier. Der Aussenseiter, der schon in Eton durch Geld- und Geschmacksmangel, einen «unangemessenen Mantel» und krampfhaften, also ...

Dennoch: Mit Hartnäckigkeit und unbedingtem Willen – und zur ständigen Verblüffung des Erzählers – erklimmt Widmerpool Stufe um Stufe. Ist das ein Zeichen für den Niedergang des alten Englands und seiner Tugenden? Oder vielmehr dafür, dass neue ...