Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Country Life

    A plague for our times

    Mar 11, 2020 2 minutes
    Jason Goodwin

    SOME years ago, I attended a symposium for writers in Istanbul. On arrival, we were given the news that V. S. Naipaul had been disinvited for making rude remarks about Islam, which seemed a shame because he was the only famous writer attending. However, that wasn’t what I said when a Turkish TV crew put a microphone to my

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Country Life

    Country Life4 min read
    Letters To The Editor
    IN editing, my letter repeats the very mistake that I was at pains to point out (Letters, August 14). To be absolutely clear, The Royal Scots were an infantry regiment, a battalion of which fought at Waterloo. The Scots Greys (from 1877, Royal Scots
    Country Life2 min read
    Back To School
    Ampleforth College, York, North Yorkshire: September 14 (www.ampleforthcollege.org.uk) Aysgarth Prep School, North Yorkshire: October 12, November 1 (www.aysgarthschool.com) Durham School, Co Durham: October 12 (www.dcsf.org.uk) Giggleswick School, S
    Country Life2 min read
    The Legacy
    DIRTY Rolls!’ the Etonians called him, but they won’t be laughing now. Charles Stewart Rolls (1877–1910), son of Lord and Lady Llangattock of The Hendre, the grand Victorian estate of Monmouthshire, Wales, developed an enthusiasm for ‘tinkering’ with

    Related Books & Audiobooks