Lawrence Durrell—one of the greatest British writers and philhellenes of the 20th century—achieved spectacular success with “The Alexandria Quartet,” the first volume of which appeared in 1957. But ...

Each Sunday through November 18, public television’s Masterpiece is airing the third season of The Durrells in Corfu, which is loosely based on Englishman Gerald Durrell’s memoirs of his childhood ...

On the sun-soaked, laid-back, oh-so-rustic isle of Corfu circa 1936, Louisa Durrell (Keeley Hawes) continues to flutter; her children continue to drive her mad; the natives, including the pelicans, ...

Louisa Durrell and her children arrive penniless on the Greek island of Corfu in 1935. Louisa Durrell and her four headstrong children, ages 11 to 21, arrive penniless on the bucolic Greek island of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Grace Banks edits across lifestyle covering fashion and culture. In March 1935 the British writer Lawrence Durrell and his wife, ...

I’ve been looking forward to this Sunday for weeks because it’s the Sunday that The Durrells in Corfu Season 2 debuts on PBS. I love The Durrells in Corfu with all my heart and soul — even if my ...

Lawrence “Larry”, the eldest of the Durrell siblings, is portrayed in MASTERPIECE’S The Durrell’s in Corfu, as a struggling writer, his every mood dictated, often hilariously so, by the associated ...

Louisa Durrell and her four headstrong children, ages 11 to 21, arrive penniless on the bucolic Greek island of Corfu in 1935. They soon fall in with the locals and a menagerie of animals.Shown:CALLUM ...