West (1892-1983) and Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961) were trans-Atlantic friends for more than 40 years, and it’s not hard to see why. They were two of the foremost journalists of their day: West covered the Nuremberg trials for the New Yorker, and...

THOMPSON AND Rebecca West were both women, and world-famous journalists, and politically outspoken, and involved with men who treated them badly. Each was anti-fascist and anti-Semitic. Each had a son who would grow to hate his mother. They were...

So, too, of course, was Hitler’s vituperative language about the Jews and what he wanted to do to them. After reading Mein Kampf and interviewing Hitler in late 1931, when he was still an opposition leader on the rise, Dorothy Thompson, another famous...

In itself it is not bad thing, but all that matter is how we handle it. Handled properly, conflict can bring changes in the people and in the society if not it will be harmful and bring disaster in the society. Sometimes we avoid conflicts with the...

Kanin came up with the initial story idea, but in 1941, he was drafted into the Army, so he farmed out the screnwriting duties to his younger brother, Michael Kanin, and fellow screenwriter Ring Lardner, Jr. 6. The inspiration for foreign affairs...

It wasn't until 1997 that a FTSE 100 company was finally led by a woman, with Marjorie Scardino taking the top job at Pearson. There was then an eight-year gap before a second female FTSE-100 boss was appointed: Dorothy Thompson at power generator Drax...