You cannot hope to bribe or twist (thank God) the British journalist.

You cannot hope to bribe or twist

(thank God) the British journalist.

But, seeing what that man will do

Unbribed, there’s no occasion to.

Humbert Wolfe, The Uncelestial City, 1930

Portrait of William Cook, author of the brilliant new thriller The Fifteenth Man.

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Portrait of William Cook © Neil Spence

How many General Gordons are there?

Got to admit to being addicted to The Rest Is History!

Portrait of historian and author Tom Holland.

Portrait of Tom Holland © Neil Spence

Portrait photograph of British art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon

Andrew Graham-Dixon on the trail of the great Dutch painter Vermeer asking why. Why did he paint his pictures and what did they mean? The answers he discovered reveals all previous assumptions about the artist to be wrong…

 Vermeer, A Life Lost and Found

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Portrait of Andrew Graham-Dixon © Neil Spence 2026

Thanks @bayeux_ltd for providing the black and white film processing.