Peregrine Pollen
Brilliant, curious, and gifted, the Oxford-born art-world character ran Sotheby Parke-Bernet
Ailsa Maxwell
The economics student turned codebreaker was on duty when Germany’s unconditional surrender came over the wire in May of 1945
A Pen for All Seasons
A collection of letters belonging to the late Philip Poole, owner of a storied London pen-nib store, is an ode to the art of craftsmanship
Albert Uderzo
Illustrator and co-creator of the walrus-moustached Asterix the Gaul, who represented “the revenge of the little guy”