Lyndsy Spence
Lyndsy Spence is the bestselling author of Cast a Diva: The Hidden Life of Maria Callas, as seen in Vogue Italia. She has written bios on the Duchess of Argyll, Doris Delevingne, the Mitfords, etc.
Scandal of the Campbells
The story of Margaret Campbell’s divorce, as seen on TV
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Why the Conservatives will be anti-woke
Standing up to the thought police is key to making change