Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON — Dame Edith Sitwell’s feathery hats, bohemian garb and distinctive jewels and gemstones will go under the hammer in ...

As Dame Edith Sitwell's eccentric wardrobe goes up for auction, her great nephew reflects fondly on a life less ordinary William Sitwell is the restaurant critic and a columnist for The Telegraph, as ...

Dame Edith Sitwell's address book includes notes on people such as "psychopath who insulted me after television" and "well-meaning American pest" A rare Islamic atlas and the address book of ...

Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was an English poet and writer, and the most prominent of the three Sitwell siblings, all of whom made important contributions to the British literary scene of the early 20th ...

Edith’s eccentricity, not to mention that of her brothers and parents, may have come from the fact that the Sitwell family included among their ancestors not only kings of France and the English ...

Emma Thompson plays the poet and Sinead Matthews is the breathy movie star in Simon Berry’s compelling audio play The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy ...

Fifty years ago, Edith Sitwell was one of the U.K.’s leading poets. Today no one reads her. Small wonder that Richard Greene, whose new biography is the first in 30 years, has titled its prologue ...

Detailing hundreds of the poet’s acquaintances and why they irked or charmed her, its entries are busy with names from Gore Vidal to Elizabeth Arden and the Queen Mother Edith Sitwell was known for ...

Jackson is just so Jacksonian throughout: projecting fast-thinking and decisive intelligence, and a complete inability to suffer fools. By Antonia Quirke Ah, bliss. This is an eccentric play (17 March ...

A rare Islamic atlas and the address book of "eccentric poet and personality" Dame Edith Sitwell were among items sold at far beyond their asking price at auction. The items were found at Weston Hall ...