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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”