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By Princess WeekesApr 26th, 2021, 4:31 pm Last week, the trailer for upcoming BBC miniseries period drama The Pursuit of Love was released, and being the literary nerd that I am, once I saw that it was based on a book written by a woman, I ended up going into a deep dive about the author, Nancy Mitford. Nancy Mitford was part of a scandalous and celebrated family where she was one of six sisters (and one brother) whose paths in life all took interesting turns during and following World War II. If you want a little hint of what’s to come, the sisters were described by The Times journalist ...

10 Black Sheep Of Famous Families All families have that one member who brings down the family name. The so-called black sheep goes against what’s expected of them and earns a reputation the family could do without. Some black sheep brought shame on their legacy by committing horrible crimes, while others simply broke away from tradition and tried to forge their own paths. Either way, the prominence of their family only brought more attention to their actions. 10Thomas Edison Jr. Regardless of whether you consider Thomas Alva Edison Sr. an ingenious inventor or a conniving businessman, he ...

Renee Ghert-Zand is a reporter and feature writer for The Times of Israel. January 6, 1932 cover of The Sketch featuring (Clockwise from top left) Unity, Jessica, Diana and Nancy Mitford (Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) Downton Abbey author Jessica Fellowes (Emilia Gutierrez) The Mitford family, 1928 (Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Clockwise from top left (and in order of age): Nancy Mitford, Pamela Mitford, Diana Mitford, Unity Mitford, Jessica Mitford, and Deborah Mitford (William Acton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) On the way from Karlsb...

Writing about Munich in Mein Kampf, Hitler declared: ‘Not only has one not seen Germany if one does not know Munich – no, above all, one does not know German art if one has not seen Munich’. 1 Hitler had a heartfelt love for Munich, a city he claimed was the most German city he knew. Hitler was twenty-four years old when he moved to Munich from his native Austria in May 1913. The remaining years of his life were closely intertwined with the history of the Bavarian capital. Munich is where Hitler’s political career and National Socialism began after the First World War. Munich is also...

Britain's most famous aristocratic supermodel Stella Tennant has 'died suddenly' at the age of 50 after gracing the fashion world with stand-out androgynous looks during her 1990s modelling heyday. But while Scottish-born Stella commanded attention for all the right reasons, past members of her family weren't as fortunate - with their scandalous escapades shocking polite society.  Stella was the granddaughter to Deborah Mitford - one of the well-known aristocratic siblings who made headlines throughout the 20th century for their affairs, love of Nazism and an attempted suicide. The Mitfor...