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Albert Uderzo

Illustrator and co-creator of the walrus-moustached Asterix the Gaul, who represented “the revenge of the little guy”

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

Ailsa Maxwell

The economics student turned codebreaker was on duty when Germany’s unconditional surrender came over the wire in May of 1945

Peregrine Pollen

Brilliant, curious, and gifted, the Oxford-born art-world character ran Sotheby Parke-Bernet