It took a movie, 1981’s Reds, to both lift Louise Bryant from obscurity and reduce her to the sniveling acolyte of American communist John Reed, Annie Hall in a babushka. Wrong. For all her (many) faults, Louise Bryant was always her own woman – a fearless journalist, activist, suffragette, and talented writer. She was also
The playwright Sean O’Casey claimed the Bard ‘tapped on the window’ when he was 12 years old. No wonder his style was literary, suggests a new biography. Dan Carrier reports
The playwright Sean O’Casey claimed the Bard ‘tapped on the window’ when he was 12 years old. No wonder his style was literary, suggests a new biography. Dan Carrier reports