Victoria Glendinning
Wives and Mistresses
Hester by Ian McIntyre
Lady Worsley’s Whim by Hallie Rubenhold
The Great and the Bad
The Kit-Cat Club: Friends Who Imagined a Nation by Ophelia Field
Carrying water for freedom
Hong Kong’s protestors are brave and, so far, successful. The Chinese Communist Party leadership must be kicking itself
Comes the reckoning
History was a weakness for communist regimes. Now it has become a weapon for populists