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Making do in WWII

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Tessa Arlen

I have just made–even if I say so myself–a spectacular dinner: roast pork with scallions and fennel, and buttered cabbage. A simple luscious meal for a cold autumn evening. I didn’t have to queue for an hour at the butcher … Continue reading →

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Stories my Father Told Me About the War

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Tessa Arlen

My father was given a thrashing because he and his cousin sat up on the roof of their house in Greenwich with their Spam sandwiches to watch a dogfight between Messerschmidts and Spitfires over the London docks. Continue reading →

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Sir Thomas Beecham and the Importance of Starting, and Finishing, Together

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Tessa Arlen

  April 29, 1879 – March 8, 1961 There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn’t give a damn what goes on in between. —Sir Thomas Beecham Beecham’s grandfather, also Thomas Beecham, … Continue reading →

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Maud, Lady Cunard and the Wounding Repartee

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Tessa Arlen

  ‘Let me introduce you to the man who killed Rasputin,’ Maud Cunard said to guests attending her large dinner party for the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich. Pavlovich and his friend Prince Felix Yasupov were indeed the men who had … Continue reading →

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Iyntwood and the Chocolate Challenge

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Tessa Arlen

Thanks to author Martine Bailey for inviting me to take part in her Chocolate Challenge in which we choose three of our favorite books and liken each to dark, milk or white chocolate. Martine is author of: An Appetite for … Continue reading →

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Death of a Dishonorable Gentlemen

Posted on March 19, 2014 by mM021114

Death of a Dishonorable Gentlemen will be released by Minotaur Books, St. Martin’s Press January 6, 2015.

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A Party for Winston

Posted on March 19, 2014 by mM021114

A Party for Winston. The second book in the series to be released in January 2016.

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