In twentieth-century Britain, the Mitford name became entangled with the rise of European fascism. On October 6, 1936, the ...

Perhaps the least scandalous of then Mitford sisters, Deborah (or “Debo”) would grow up to become the Duchess of Devonshire and the chatelaine of Chatsworth House, which she managed to change from ...

The Mitford sisters — Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah — will be brought to life by the BritBox original series “Outrageous,” which debuts on the streaming service on Wednesday, June ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University. Jessica Mitford was famous for several reasons. One reason was her investigative books, including her ...

In the 1930s, an aristocratic family in the U.K. became the subject of society pages because of its six sisters, who followed widely divergent paths. The Mitford sisters were Nancy, Pam, Diana, Unity, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When Time magazine named her America’s “Queen of the Muckrakers” in 1970, Jessica Mitford was delighted.

Jessica Mitford was a muckracking journalist and memoirist, radical activist and wit. Born to an English aristocratic family, she became a Communist and eloped with Winston Churchill’s nephew to fight ...

"January 2000"--Title page verso. Overview: Only the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an expose of the American funeral industry into a book that is at once deadly ...

The six British sisters are the subject of a new Britbox series. In 1989, Jessica Mitford talked with Terry Gross about her relationship with the Communist Party and her book about the death industry.