John Quinn

How Ulysses horrified the stuffed shirts of New York’s literary establishment

7 March 2026 9:00 am

The magazine editor Margaret C. Anderson’s spirited attempts to introduce Joyce’s masterpiece to 1920s America resulted in a court case and heavy fine for disseminating obscenity

Admirable in their awfulness – the siblings Gus and Gwen John

14 June 2025 9:00 am

The self-styled Gypsy King and his reclusive sister seemed polar opposites – but both painters were selfish, obsessive monsters, according to Judith Mackrell