The Pattern of Marriage The Pattern of Marriage The Pattern of Marriage was a series of one hour British television documentaries which aired in 1953 on the BBC. It consisted of four episodes and was written by Ted Willis and Caryl Doncaster, the latter also serving as producer. The Church of England, the National Marriage Guidance Council,the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council and the Magistrates' Association were involved in the research for the series. The four episodes were entitled "A Home of Their Own", broadcast 11 March 1953, "Two's Company", broadcast 8 April 1953,"A Son", broadcast 27 April 1953 and "For Better or for Worse",
The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul is a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French. It was published in 2008 (by Picador in the UK and Knopf in the USA). The title is a quotation from Naipaul's book "A Bend in the River". "The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." French deals with Naipaul's family background and his life from his birth in 1932 until his second marriage