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Party word origins: Symposium
As we know from Plato and other writers, ancient Greeks much loved to have drinking parties or symposiums – and most any excuse could be used to party; a birth, marriage, or death, the arrival or departure of a loved one from abroad, a feast day or merely a change in seasons. Actually in most cases, however, no purpose was required. The ancient Greeks loved to party. The drinking party or...
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10 Books That Would Make Great Theme Parties →
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The 7 Most Unexpectedly Awesome Parties in History →
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WatchWatch
A complete documentary about Glenn O’Brien’s “TV Party,” the television show that was a cocktail party but could have been a political party.
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“My biographer said that my parties reminded them of a vicarage tea party, with...”
–  Cynthia Payne
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“Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in...”
–  Elsa Maxwell
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Emergency party button →
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Moveable feasts
John Mullan gatecrashes some of literature’s best parties - from masked balls to cocaine-fuelled carouses, decorous musical soirées to hectic bacchanals - to glean tips for the discerning host: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/dec/18/featuresreviews.guardianreview28 By this measure the party to end all parties was that given in Brussels by the Duchess of Richmond on the eve of the...
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