But the recent publication of Debo Mitford's Wait for Me! (she was the only sister not yet to have written her memoirs) has made me long to get closer to the stories. Nancy's novels, Decca's letters ...

Barbara Cooke receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and is a Research Associate on the Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project. Deborah Mitford, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, ...

Carla Kaplan’s biography “Troublemaker” focuses on the fierce political commitments of the journalist best known for “The ...

For all that she was the business brains behind the blooming of Chatsworth – particularly the farm shop, one of the most successful in Britain – Debo Mitford’s passion was chickens. She counted them ...

Is there any greater example of the Problematic Fave than the Mitford sisters? They were posh, gossipy, fabulous, stylish and politically extreme. Were a couple of them – let’s just say it – ...

For once, the title doesn’t oversell it — at least, not when it stays true to the source material. Outrageous lives up to its name, diving into the infamous and sensational lives of the Mitford ...