Succeeding with excess

The rebellious charm and cruelty of a high-society mischief maker

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Muriel Spark led an implausible life. Born into straitened circumstances in Edinburgh as the First World War came to an end, she shone at school before moving to one of the least glamorous corners of

An ocean of prejudice met the American heiresses who came to Britain at the dawn of the 20th century, but there was more to them than their wealth. Some earned their own titles, one flew helicopters and another made history as Britain’s first female MP

Thrown together in the strangest and most inauspicious of circumstances we reveal the five most unexpected friendships to have ever graced the silver screen

Words can be all-powerful, as these three couples discovered. They reveal the romantic and unusual ways books brought them together…