Beatrix Potter showed disdain for ‘vulgar’ cocktail parties held during World War II in rare letters
A letter from children’s writer Beatrix Potter voicing her disdain at ‘vulgar’ wartime cocktail parties has come to light. The author was proud to do her bit for the war effort and turned over her Lake District farm for food production for the government. But the Peter Rabbit creator clearly felt other well-to-do people in … Read more