Nancy Freeman-Mitford CBE, born 28 November 1904, known as Nancy Mitford, was an English novelist, biographer and journalist. The eldest...

Today we are going to Dunraven Bay, I thought the sea air might brighten our day. This cove inspired me to write a series of children's...

"Never trust a man or a woman who is not passionately devoted to geraniums." Beverley Nichols is one of my favourite writers and...

Roald Dahl wrote many children's books that are still treasured dearly by the adults who were raised on his humour. And while many of his...

Loelia Mary, Lady Lindsay of Dowhill, née Ponsonby, born 6 February 1902, was a British peeress, needlewoman and magazine editor. Lindsay...

Henry Robert Hall, CBE, born 2 May 1898, was an English bandleader who performed regularly on BBC Radio during the British dance band era...

David Plunket Greene, together with his brother Richard and sister Olivia, were part of the Bright Young Things who inspired the novel...

St Fagans National Museum of History, commonly referred to as St Fagans after the village where it is located, is an open-air museum...

The sharply radical portraitist of a "new English avant-garde." Barbara Marcia Ker-Seymer, born in Kensington 20 January 1905, was a...

"Hello! How are You!" The Babbitt And The Bromide is from the Ziegfeld Follies, a 1946 American musical comedy film. Fred Astaire and...