‘Of course, I’m not the first person to write a book on maternity leave – the shelves of your local bookshop will be filled with books by amazing female writers such as Helen Dunmore and Tania Unsworth who wrote novels while pregnant or on maternity leave. And, of course, the world’s bestselling author JK Rowling
‘I appeal to everyone to read the book for it has the elements of a great confessional dilemma that’s hard to come to terms with.’
Naim Attallah blogs about the publication of A Humour of Love by Robert Montagu.
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‘I stared at the page of ‘A Humour of Love’ for several days trying to figure out a decision. I thought about my current work which occasionally figures men who have abused children or are coming close to doing so. Society condemns sexual acts with children quite rightly and predators often justify their acts as
‘ It engages with the author’s deep-seated feeling that she needed to write about her mother, and the inevitable limits to what she could achieve by doing so. There’s a real power in the underlying themes of change and loss.’
David Hebblethwaite reviews A Woman’s Story by Annie Ernaux on his blog. Get your
‘The books offer a fascinating insight into the horrifying life in occupied France during the war and leave you wondering what our own lives would be like today if history had turned a different corner.’
Cold Winter in Bordeaux by Allan Massie is out now. Get your copy here today!
‘Blaming Republicans might be smart electoral politics, but it shifts international attention from the opposition of India and China to any treaty that binds them. Playing into the hands of the blame-America crowd is never good politics for an American president.’
Rupert Darwall on the administration plans to sign a non-binding climate-change accord. Good-Bye, Treaty
“My own contribution was £540,000, of which £300,000 I had borrowed personally when interest rates were cripplingly high,” he says. “When Paul Getty became proprietor, my losses were in excess of £800,000, an amount which quite frankly I could not sustain.”
The Telegraph on our Chairman’s blog post and his financial contribution to The Oldie
Robert Montagu was sexually abused by his father, Victor Montagu, who was the 10th Earl of Sandwich.
Robert Montagu tells his story for the first time in A Humour of Love which is out on 2nd September.
The Mail on Sunday interviews Robert Montagu on his story. Read it here and get your copy of