Going to the Chapel, Daphne du Maurier, Fowey, Cornwall November 28, 2021 Daphne’s meeting with Tommy Browning and their wedding in a hauntingly beautiful setting has the ring of a du Maurier novel. More Atmosphere is a Human Thing, The French House, Soho October 1, 2021 Stories from one of the last bastions of louche old Soho, a magnet for writers, artists, actors, and the Free French forces during the Second World War. More Hemingway’s Island, Paris October 1, 2021 At twenty-two, newly married, and freshly arrived in Paris, the then capital of literature, art and music, everything seemed possible to Hemingway. More Parties and Debuts, Jane Austen, Bath October 1, 2021 Forced to move to Bath at twenty-five, Jane Austen loathed its pretension, and ‘stupid’ parties. The first of a series that explores the impact of social traditions on literary lives. More
