The cult of evita

Musical: Evita London Palladium, London W1 (020-3925 ...

THE First Lady of musical theatre is celebrating 60 years on stage this year. During that time, the diminutive diva has wowed the West End and blown away Broadway with a voice that soars into every co

In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman

Indira Gandhi looms large in the history of postcolonial India. The story of her oversized impact on Indian politics is familiar from the previous writings of biographers, journalists, political scien

Shortly after the queen rose on 10 June 1688, she felt a familiar swell of pain. “Send for the king!” she called, while her ladies helped her back into bed. Maria (Mary) of Modena was in labour. Soon

I grew up with no grandparents on my mother’s side, my mum (Evelyn Nellie Malyon) having become an orphan at the age of 5 with no knowledge of her father (her mum having tragically died in 1917 when h