We are familiar with Sonia, but Orwell's remarkable first wife is usually overlooked. The author of a poem called 'End of the Century, 1984' (published in 1934), she was with him through the... read more
A compelling portrait of the writer and her engagement with her own world. Constructed as a series of essays on art, memory, painting, rank, property, appearance, etc., this is immensely rea... read more
From a working-class English family, Wells blasted off to international fame with The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. Tomalin gives a sympathetic account of the remarkable reformer... read more