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Sent from Cambridge, giving news that he had been offered the [Directorship of the Egyptian Exploration Society excavation] at Amarna in 1930-31 and he had accepted and was extremely pleased. John states that he would need to resign the Macmillan studentship at the BSA, that he might apply for Assistant Director [of the BSA] in 1932-33, and that he was waiting until he had seen [Stephen] Glanville before announcing the news of his job at Amarna to the “Aegean World”. Also discussing a visit to [Arthur Evans’ house in] Youlbury where he found out about his duties [at Knossos] and saw [George] Macmillan, [John] Forsdyke and [David Theodore Fyfe] there; and mentioning that Bob Dixon (whose guest John was for the Grouse Feast the previous evening) sent his love to Herbert. |
