Once upon a life: Paul Bailey

01/10/11 After a three-month language course, Paul Bailey headed for Tuscany to immerse himself in Italian culture. Here, he found the joys of silk Y-fronts, fart-inducing bean soup and art that would change him for ever I went to Italy for the first of many times in the autumn of 1968. Earlier that year I had been given the Somerset Maugham Award for my first novel At the Jerusalem , and one of the ...

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Exhibit chronicles a Gilded Era getaway

03/17/11 What do famed writer Henry James, iconic actress Ethel Barrymore, and U.S. President Grover Cleveland have in common? If you guessed that they all vacationed in Marion, then you are right!

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Hong Kong's town and country

04/18/11 For perceptions shaped by the novels of James Clavell and Somerset Maugham, Hong Kong's sleekly hi-tech International Airport is likely to be a bit of a shock.

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