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OUT-OF-DOOR-LIFE   During the colder months (November-March) many Government officials were required  to travel about their districts on inspection Camping life is, indeed, a delightful institution of India. The itinerary of the district tour is mapped out, and preparations are made for a three or four months’ gipsy existence under the skies, but accompanied with the refinement of comfort which the Anglo-Indian knows so well how to secure under such conditions; for tent-life has been brought to a high pitch of luxury.

His best known novel, Tess Of The D'Urbervilles describes the unjust punishment meted out to a young milkmaid driven to murder by her brutal treatment at the hands of a playboy aristocrat.

Fallout from Rhysidia ransomware attack in October continues, yet hardly anyone is talking about it

by Fiona Sampson (Profile £20, 336 pp)   During her lifetime, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was our most popular woman poet yet, today, even the most passionate poetry lover would struggle to quote more than a few lines of hers. If you're familiar with her story, it's probably because of The Barretts Of Wimpole Street.  This 1930 play, which has been filmed three times, is an irresistible slice of melodrama about the romance between Elizabeth and the dashing poet Robert Browning — a love affair which was opposed by her tyrannical father, who wanted Elizabeth all to himself. As the trailer ...