Which British journalist, writer, and socialite is profiled in the biography Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge?
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Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge Conrad and Lady Black: Dancing on the Edge (published as Outrageous Fortune: The Rise and Ruin of Conrad and Lady Black in the United States) is a 2006 biography of the Canadian businessman and author Conrad Black and his wife, the British born Canadian journalist Barbara Amiel, by the British journalist and biographer Tom Bower.
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Barbara Amiel Barbara Joan Estelle Amiel, Baroness Black of Crossharbour (born 4 December 1940) is a British journalist, writer, and socialite. She is the wife of former media baron Conrad Black.
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Dorothea Macnee Dorothea Mabel Macnee , BEM (née Henry) (30 Oct 1896 – 29 Nov 1984) was a British socialite during the inter war years. Her wide circle included many prominent people in entertainment and the arts, several of whom were introduced to her alternative lifestyle in the Berkshire house where she lived with her lesbian partner. After World War II she was involved in the Women’s Voluntary Service, receiving the British Empire Medal for her services. She had two sons, one of whom was Patrick Macnee, the actor.
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Rachel Johnson Rachel Sabiha Johnson (born 3 September 1965) is a British editor, journalist, television presenter, and author based in London.
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Janet Adam Smith Janet Buchanan Adam Smith OBE (9 December 1905 – 11 September 1999) was a writer, editor, literary journalist and champion of Scottish literature. She was active from the 1930s through to the end of the century and noted for her elegant prose, her penetrating judgement, her independence of mind – and her deep love of mountains and mountaineering.
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Stephanie Theobald Stephanie Theobald (born 29 August 1966) is a British novelist and journalist, author of "Biche" and three other novels. The Times described her as “One of London’s most celebrated literary lesbians.” She was dubbed a “notorious lesbian author” by the "Daily Mail" in 2007. In a "Varsity" 2011 interview with Theobald the paper described her as “No ordinary female writer.” She has been the subject of controversy – punk designer Vivienne Westwood is a vociferous anti-fan of Theobald’s work. At a London society party in 2009 she approached her to announce that she ‘hated’ Theobald’s novels adding that "A Partial Indulgence" was “Like vomit coming at you off the page.”
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Kathleen Tynan Kathleen Jeannette Halton Tynan (January 25, 1937 – January 10, 1995) was a Canadian-British journalist, author, and screenwriter.
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Peter Hopkirk Peter Hopkirk (15 December 1930 – 22 August 2014) was an award winning British journalist, author and historian who wrote six books about the British Empire, Russia and Central Asia. His military and family background stood him in good stead for a future writing career about dangerous places, difficult situations, espionage and intrigue.
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Mont Blanc Restaurant Mont Blanc Restaurant is a former restaurant in London where leading writers including Hilaire Belloc, GK Chesterton, Joseph Conrad and Galsworthy met regularly in the early years of the 20th century.
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Jenny Uglow Jennifer Sheila Uglow OBE (née Crowther, born 1947) is a British biographer, historian, critic and publisher. She was an editorial director of Chatto & Windus. She has written critically acclaimed biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell, William Hogarth, Thomas Bewick and the Lunar Society, among others, and has also compiled a women's biographical dictionary.
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Laura Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough Frances Laura Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough ("née" Charteris; 10 August 1915 – 19 February 1990), was a British noblewoman and socialite. She was variously Viscountess Long, Countess of Dudley and became Duchess of Marlborough upon her fourth marriage, to John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough. She was the sister of novelist Hugo Charteris and Ann Charteris (who married Ian Fleming), as well as the granddaughter of Hugo Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss. Her third husband, Michael Temple Canfield, was the former husband of Lee Radziwill, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. During World War II, she served as an auxiliary nurse.
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Frances Shand Kydd Frances Ruth Roche Shand Kydd (20 January 1936 – 3 June 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. Her biographer, Max Riddington, who was the writer of "Frances: The Remarkable Story of Princess Diana's Mother", described Shand Kydd as a woman who was "certainly complicated" and also "funny, warm, intelligent, and energetic." Following her divorce from Viscount Althorp in 1969, and Diana's death in 1997, Shand Kydd devoted the final years of her life to Roman Catholic charity work.
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Elizabeth, Lady William Russell Elizabeth Anne, Lady William Russell (1793–1874) was the wife of Lord George Russell and a notorious socialite.
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Nick Smith Foundation The Nick Smith Foundation was founded by British milliner, socialite, designer, author, recording artist and actor Nick Smith.
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Conrad Russell (letter writer) Conrad Russell (3 April 1878 – 27 April 1947) was an English farmer and letter writer, who carried on lengthy and intimate correspondences with some of the most celebrated society beauties of his day, including Diana Cooper, Daphne Thynne, and Deborah Cavendish.
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Agnès Poirier Agnès Catherine Poirier (] , born 1975) is a French anglophile journalist.
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Rosalie Glynn Grylls (Mary) Rosalie Glynn Grylls (13 April 1905 – 2 November 1988), was a British biographer, lecturer and Liberal Party politician. In 1945 she became known as Lady Mander.
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Serena Sinclair Lesley Serena Sinclair Lesley, "née Kamper," (March 29, 1926 – January 6, 2016) was a journalist who was the longest serving fashion editor at the London "The Daily Telegraph". Writing under the name Serena Sinclair, Lesley covered travel and fashion at "The Telegraph" from 1960 to 1984. Additionally, Lesley broadcast on BBC radio and television, and wrote for the "Christian Science Monitor".
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Roger Bennett (journalist) Roger James "Rog" Bennett (born September 14, 1970) is a British-American journalist, author, radio presenter and filmmaker. He has written about sports, music, and culture for the New York Times, , and Time, among others.
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Katy French Katy Ellen French (31 October 1983 – 6 December 2007) was an Irish socialite, model, writer, television personality and charity worker. According to the BBC, "in the space of less than two years, she had become one of Ireland's best-known models and socialites." She collapsed at a friend's house on 2 December 2007 and died on 6 December. Her cause of death was given as hypoxic ischemic brain injury caused by cocaine and ephedrine.
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Erica Kennedy Erica Kennedy (March 24, 1970 – c. June 13, 2012) was an American author, blogger, news correspondent, fashion journalist, and singer. Her 2004 novel "Bling", became a "New York Times" bestseller. In 2010, she was named to the list of 100 most influential African Americans, as published by "Ebony" magazine and known as the "Ebony Power 100".
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Christian Mary McEwen Christian Mary McEwen, Dowager Lady Hesketh, OBE, DL (17 July 1929, Marchmont House, Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland – 7 April 2006, London) was a British politician, journalist and educationist.