A VERY GLAMOROUS PHONEBOOK

Only the best connections: Vivien’s 1953 appointments book had the choicest venues in London. Still around are: Claridge’s, the Cafe de Paris, The Connaught, Le Caprice, The Ritz, The Ivy and The Savoy. A-list friends included Douglas Fairbanks Jr and John Gielgud (whose name she misspelled). The ‘Finch’ on the list is probably actor Peter, whom she announced as her lover when her marriage to Olivier was breaking up.