A Woman’s Place is in the Commons
From Nancy Astor to Ellen Wilkinson, Britain’s formidable first female MPs might have given Margaret Thatcher a run for her money.
Sarah Gristwood
A Tapestry of England’s Past
Sarah Gristwood on the complex issues raised by the restoration of a remarkable Tudor vision of victory over the Spanish Armada.
Affairs of State
For her latest book, historical biographer Sarah Gristwood has turned to the story of Elizabeth I and Leicester. Here she discusses some of the risks and pleasures of writing about such a well-known relationship, a process that she found unexpectedly fascinating.