Edward Mitford, Lord Palmerston and other politicians including Lord Shaftesbury were greatly influenced by leading evangelical preachers like Charles Spurgeon, J C Ryle and Charles Simeon who were ...

Jones, the outspoken author and historian, who released a colourful memoir about their 'bonkers' aristocratic family, died ...

Four new books offer readers a rich volume of cartoons with “Far Side”-level wit, but also go deep on a diverse array of real ...

Jessica Mitford was a muckracking journalist and memoirist, radical activist and wit. Born to an English aristocratic family, she became a Communist and eloped with Winston Churchill’s nephew to fight ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Glamorous and mythic, the Mitford sisters often feel like untouchable ...

For Mimi Pond, the desire to do a book about the Mitford sisters – six larger-than-life British eccentrics (and one brother) who created a stir in both British and American culture – was obvious.