Freddie Ayer News Today

Ariane Bankes tells the story of her mother, whose love affairs with Orwell, Camus, Ayer and others put her at the heart of the 20th century.

The dazzlingly beautiful identical twins Mamaine and Celia Paget were born in 1916 and brought up in rural Suffolk – not the greatest springboard, you would think, for lives at the intellectual heart of the mid-20th century. Yet the list of their friends reads like a roll call of literary notables: Dick Wyndham, Peter Quennell,

Review : Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality, by David Edmonds

How four women defended ethical thought from the legacy of positivism.

"Metaphysical Animals" celebrates the four female philosophers responsible for returning morals to metaphysics in the 20th century.

<strong>Other lives:</strong> Businessmen who created the New England Ice Cream company and set up an international prize for female playwrights