Every so often I become only too aware of the words of Oscar Wilde, who, in his 1889 essay ‘The Decay of Lying’ reminded us that, “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life”. We are constantly surrounded by ordinary things, people and events which are scarcely noticed until an artist or a performer […]
The name “Baron Willam de Ropp” isn’t well known. There is just one photo available, and only a short Wikipedia entry. Yet he was a British agent who may have been Hitler’s handler. Hitler’s “daring” diplomatic & military coups, which astounded the world, were based on advanced knowledge of British intentions provided by de Ropp. […]
