A memoir structured round mementos that takes us to Ossie & Celia, Andy, Karl, Diana, Freddie, Diana, Diana, Barbra and many other luminaries, or possibly icons.
The distinguished historian uses neglected sources to present CdeM as a much-traduced campaigner for the peaceful coexistence of Catholics and Protestants, and as a patroness of the arts.
Who were 'The Flappers'? A generation of women who broke with social conventions; exotic, often despairing, and influential. By the author of the excellent Tales from the Colony Room: Soho's... read more
Accompanies a major retrospective at MoMA of her drawings, prints and sculptures. Few have portrayed human anguish so convincingly, with lines etched so hard they seem to ache.
Nearly 600 letters from the pre-Raphaelite model who became the wife of William Morris and the lover of Dante Gabriel Rosetti. An impeccably researched, annotated and edited work, this first... read more