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Playboys and fallen women: the wild aristocrats who inspired The Pursuit of Love Nancy Mitfords novel, freshly adapted for the BBC, drew heavily on her social circle – and in particular her own eccentric family 10 May 2021 • 10:06am The Pursuit of Loves Lord Merlin (Andrew Scott, centre) was inspired by Gerald Berners Credit: Robert Viglasky/BBC When it comes to novel The Pursuit of Love – a new adaptation of which began on BBC One last night, written and directed by Emily Mortimer �...

How music shaped Virginia Woolf’s writing Music provided the author with a vocabulary to imagine and describe her creative practice and formal innovations. 4 hours ago Virginia Woolf listened to a wide variety of music, including Russian ballet music which she heard when the Ballets Russes visited London in 1912. | George Charles Beresford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Many of Virginia Woolf’s early reviewers noted parallels between her literary innovatio...

A Portrait of the late Doris Viscountess Castlerosse to go on sale at Christies  London socialite died aged 42 of an overdose at the Dorchester Hotel in 1942  Before her marriage she dated several men, worked as a chorus girl in London  Was known for her long legs and lavish lifestyle, frequenting Cavendish Hotel Her painting by Sir John Lavery set to fetch between £400,000 and £600,000