She introduces a woman who may have upset those around her by her promiscuity, even nymphomania,...

Much more serious, though, is the book’s take on the medieval world as a whole. Alongside...

Set against the backdrop of a yachting trip to the German coast, the story weds a...

Nicolson concludes his reflections by noting that “the custom of the manor” believed “to an extent...

A famous double portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds shows members of the Dilettanti Society sipping away...

The violent and crude final pages of the book force us to scrutinise our feelings over...

Such a pity Mary Ann Shaffer is not around to enjoy her celebrity! Shaffer died in...

An Imperialist, a warmonger, blind to what was in front of him, the critics say. A...

If you’re going to mix brains with bosoms, however, you have to be very careful stylistically....

Again, it took an intervention, this time by Moss Hart, to point her in the right...