A literary love affair
The passionate relationship between Virginia Woolf and one of Belgravia’s most famous former residents, writer Vita Sackville-West, is exposed by a new book of their steamy love letters
Tag: literature
Princely tales
Behind the iron will, rumoured liaisons and infamous gaffes, who is the real Prince Philip? Ingrid Seward’s new book puts the record straight
Desert Island Books
Furniture maker and honorary chairman of Christie’s, the Earl of Snowdon loves a historical book or a good biography
Page turners
Prominent Chelsea residents recommend their favourite lockdown reads
Turn up for the books
We meet the director of Taschen’s Mayfair outpost
Tony Parsons’ favourite books
The acclaimed author and journalist shares his favourite books
Sir Ranulph’s reads
Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the explorer and author, shares the five fascinating books which shaped his life and his adventures.
Tall stories
With the Mayfair & St James’s Literary Festival starting later this month, we take a tour around the historic, local bookshops.
Values, poems and paintings
Frieda Hughes, daughter of literary legends Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, talks about her own poetry, art and living with loss.
Dylan Jones in conversation
GQ editor Dylan Jones has written a book about American song The Wichita Lineman. He will be discussing it at the Mayfair & St James’s Literary Festival.
Novelist on Mayfair’s magic
Elif Sharaf, the award-winning novelist, talks about her love of Mayfair.
Oscar Wilde’s grandson
Merlin Holland, the only grandson of flamboyant writer Oscar Wilde.
