This is the first time I’ve written about a non-fiction book in this newsletter, although there are plenty on my shelf. Non-fiction dates...

The Velázquez painting known as the Rokeby Venus hangs in the National Gallery in London. It was badly slashed by a suffragette in 1914....

Earlier this year, 2022, I came across this book while visiting my brother in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England. The book was the talk of...