Portraits

Our writers profile individuals, some of them overlooked, and explore how they shaped the world as we know it.

GRASSE;FRANCE - OCTOBER 18: American writer Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989) poses at home in Grasse,France on the 18th of October 1987.

Frederic Prokosch — freedom in fiction

Prokosch invented a role for the melancholic ingénue before it became fashionable.

Kenneth Weisbrode July 2, 2020

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill leaves Number 10 Downing Street to make his statement in the House of Commons on the capitulation of France during World War Two. Behind him is Parliamentary Private Secretary Brendan Bracken (1901-1958).

Brendan Bracken – ‘more Churchillian than Churchill’

Churchill's faithful and most trusted political advisor was indispensable to the British war effort.

Andrew Roberts June 25, 2020

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