News about Christopher Isherwood

NO. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: No. Rowntree invented the Kit Kat in 1935, and Christopher Isherwood's book Goodbye To Berlin, on which the musical Cabaret was based, appeared in 1939. It's tempting to believe so. However, Isherwood named his 'boys' club' just off the Tauentzienstrasse The Lady Windermere. Joe Masteroff wrote the book for Kander and Ebb's musical, which was in turn turned turned into a film starring Liza Minnelli as Sally Bowles, but it wasn't until 1966 that it became the Kit Kat Klub. It is believed that Masteroff named it Kit Kat Klub because the initials were KKK and the Nazi-era musical was written during the civil rights movement. Kit Kat bars weren't available in the United States until the 1970s. Katie Williams, Warminster, Wilts.

W. H. Auden (pictured) once said that "the only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel." Although the new plot is somewhat in keeping with the man's colorful life (with the opening line 'Stop all the clocks,') it's entirely in accordance with the man's vibrant life. The work, which appeared in the classic 1994 romcom Four Weddings And A Funeral, has become a staple reading at memorial services around the country. Auden's poem "Not so well known" was not so well known.

PATRICK MARMION: How do you feel about horror stories? Even with a crucifix and a bottle of holy water, some people will not go near them. However, there is a fairy tale inside many a horror tale about trying to get out. After she stepped in next door, it was certainly the case with John Ajvide Lindqvist's book about Oskar, a bullied adolescent in suburban Stockholm who befriends teenage vampire Eli Eli Eli. (The book was adapted by Lindqvist himself for the Swedish film of the same name). And Bryony Shanahan's mesmerizing revival of Jack Thorne's 2013 film entangles the reader's jugular afresh. . . The result was pleasantly creepy.

CRAIG BROWN: The line of people waiting to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II in Edinburgh this week stretches back a mile. According to some, the London queue could take up to 30 hours. It's something of a mystery. Although the Queen participated in a variety of activities throughout her lengthy and varied life, she was never allowed to queue. But queuing, as well as the Beatles' and drinking milk in our tea, is still a thing for which Britons are well-known around the world.