Harold Nicolson was a British diplomat, writer, and diarist. He was the son of the poet, historian, politician and Nobel Prize winner, Harold Nicolson. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. After graduating university in 1929, he became an assistant editor on the Evening Standard before moving to Paris in 1932 to work for The Times
From 1934-44 he was a special correspondent for The Times in Europe. During the war he worked in the Ministry of Information and then became Director of British Press Services in Washington D.C. He returned to London in 1946 where he acted as foreign editor for The Times until 1957 when he became ambassador to France under Macmillan.
Only one person in 1000 is a bore, and HE is interesting because he is one person in 1000.Harold Nicolson
To be a good diarist one must have a little snouty sneaky mind.Harold Nicolson
The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.Harold Nicolson
