Even as she approaches her 91st birthday, with her mobility impaired and her hearing no longer perfect, Antonia Fraser, acclaimed historian and author, is contemplating what to write next. This may come as a surprise to readers of her latest book, a biography of one of Lord Byron’s most famous lovers, the sexually adventurous, self-glamorising and reputedly deranged Caroline Lamb, who is said to have shackled the legendary poet with the label “mad, bad and dangerous to know”.
Marking the anniversary of the historic Good Friday Agreement calls to mind just how troubled historic relations could be between Britain and Ireland, over so many centuries. The period of the Second World War marked a scratchy time indeed, when the UK was engaged in that conflict and Ireland was neutral.
CHRISTOPHER WILSON: Jeremy Cubitt was the groom of Diana du Cane and Camilla s favourite uncle. He tragically died by suicide on 12 January 1958, survived by a daughter.