West Cork: The Medium Man

In which we learn that the Medium Man is not the Tall Man

Patrick Leigh Fermor Writes On

Isn’t there something satisfying about finding new work by your favourite writers?

West Cork: Sophie Toscan du Plantier

I was completely gripped by the Sky Studios documentary Murder at the Cottage by Jim Sheridan. But I learned later that many leads, and…

Sophie Toscan du Plantier

Sky’s “Murder at the Cottage” Raises New Questions

The Mystery of Agatha Christie

Can the individual author ever match up to the brand?

The Power of Old Letters

Expecting Paddy’s Letters, I was Stunned when Larry’s Arrived Letters have always been strange things to research. They are inconvenient documents, unlike diaries. You know where you stand with diaries. The odd thing about letters is that the writer holds the copyright, but the receiver keeps (normally) the

Do You Really Want to Know Them?

Be careful what you wish for

Great Writers

There are always difficulties with great writers. With great writers. You would like it if their writing stood alone, created not by human…

Amateurs in Eden

A Highlight by Joanna Hodgkin

Truth or Dare

What is the truth in biography?

Paddy and Larry

The friendship between Patrick Leigh Fermor and Lawrence Durrell

Beginning the Journey

Just as I closed the laptop lid on another writing project, two books arrived from the London Library. Lawrence Durrell: A Biography, the…