The gull’s way
In 1978, Adam Nicolson received three Hebridean islands as a 21st birthday present from his father, Nigel. The Shiants, each…
Tormented genius
Married as I am to an antiquarian book dealer, and living in a house infested with books and manuscripts, I’m…
Doctor who?
On 25 July 1865, during a heatwave, Dr James Barry died of dysentery in his London lodgings. A charwoman came…
That glowing feeling
On the morning of 15 October 1927, a dim, autumn day, a group of men foregathered at the Rosedale cemetery…
