Apsley House: Home for a Hero
How Wellington's former home testifies to status in Britain and beyond. [caption id="attachment_2916" align="alignleft" width="350"] Waterloo Gallery, Apsley House. (© English Heritage)[/caption] The 1st Duke ...
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The Deathly Appeal of Edgar Allan Poe
How fear runs through his timeless short stories, and his only completed novel. ‘Horror and fatality’, writes Poe in ‘Metzengerstein’, his first published short story, ...
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Shackleton’s Boat Journey – Fact and Fiction in the Visual Record of the Rescue
Senior Picture Editor Julie McMahon researched the photographs featured in our edition of Shackleton’s Boat Journey. Here she tell the story behind one crucial and seemingly ...
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Former Folio Editorial Director Sue Bradbury remembers Bob Gavron
When Lord Gavron, known to everyone at The Folio Society, from top to bottom, as Bob, died so suddenly on 7 February, there ...
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Library Stories: Peter Huffam
In Library Stories we investigate the tales behind your book collections and book rooms, visiting the homes of Folio members, collectors and enthusiasts from around ...