Most lives are untidy, and mine is no exception… She made herself a success in Fleet Street when journalism was still a very male domain, edited Elizabeth David and inspired the look – if not the character – of Maudie Littlehampton, the creation of her third husband Osbert Lancaster. A compilation of her columns by her daughter.
Hold the Front Page!: The Wit and Wisdom of Anne Scott-James
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"A lesser life does not seem lesser to the person who leads one" ...Diane Johnson's sensitive, witty and and intelligent biography of Mary Ellen Peacock Meredith (1821-1861), the well-educat... read more
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The third volume of his hugely entertaining memoirs, in which he recounts a decade of wrestling with the spirits of Oscar Wilde.
To the End of the World: Travels with Oscar Wilde
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Beautifully written and sensitive to his subject, this is a moving novel about Lampedusa, his remarkable wife Alexandra von Wolff-Stomersee, and the writing of 'The Leopard'.
Lampedusa
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The last seven years of Lowell's life, including 'The Dolphin' sonnets controversy, his break up and reconciliation with EH, seen through their letters to each other, Elizabeth Bishop, Caro... read more