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Sedition, Sex and a Music Room Revolution
It is perhaps not surprising that an author who admits to parking on yellow lines and relishes the memory of wearing pink to ...Read Article
Historical Heroines, Research, and the Infamous Medici Family
Elizabeth Loupas arrived on the historical fiction scene in grand style with her debut novel, The Second Duchess, an exciting historical ...Read Article
Penetrating Sanity: A Tribute to Elizabeth Jane Howard
Elizabeth Jane Howard needs little introduction, at least to British readers. Her son-in-law, the author Martin Amis, paid tribute to her “penetrating sanity” ...Read Article
Jean Fullerton on Call the Midwife and her new series, beginning with Call Nurse Millie
RL: Call the Midwife and you are a natural match. Did the success of the TV show lead directly to your writing Call ...Read Article
Deborah Swift talks Home Front Girls with Rosie Goodwin, the new Catherine Cookson
Rosie Goodwin has been billed as ‘the new Catherine Cookson’. Her latest book Home Front Girls is just out. Deborah Swift took the ...Read Article
Difficult, sexy, kind – Margaret James on what makes a perfect man (and more)
In 2000 Richard Lee had the privilege to judge the Elizabeth Goudge Prize at the RNA’s conference that year. It was a near ...Read Article
Philippa Gregory on her new YA series Order of Darkness and more…
Philippa Gregory is an iconic writer best known for her massively successful Tudor Court series, which began with The Other Boleyn Girl, since ...Read Article
Walter Scott Prize shortlist: The Stranger’s Child
[toc] Alan Hollinghurst’s The Stranger’s Child: The anti-historic novel Alan Hollinghurst’s earlier books have been novels of contemporary manners, particularly ...Read Article
Some historical drama films you may not have seen
One thing that’s spectacularly easier now than it used to be is watching films. The DVD rental sites allow us to watch ...Read Article





