Amiss is not entirely happy with his job—managing a right–wing, 200–year–old English magazine—for the atmosphere at the paper is poisoned by rampant egocentricity. And when the drunken...

Foolishly, the British and Irish governments have chosen the tactless and impatient Baroness Troutbeck to chair a conference on Anglo-Irish cultural sensitivities. She instantly press-gangs her...

For many years Westonbury Cathedral has been dominated by a clique of High-Church gays, so when Norm Cooper, an austere, happy-clappy evangelist, is appointed dean, there is outrage and fear....

The outrageous and irrepressible Baroness (Ida 'Jack') Troutbeck, Mistress of St Martha's, has another cultural battle to win against the British Establishment: this time, against the horror of...

Robert Amiss is working undercover as a waiter at a gentleman’s club at the request of his friend DS Pooley. The club secretary has allegedly jumped to his death from the club’s gallery, but...

Being a member of the House of Lords and Mistress of St Martha’s College in Cambridge might seem enough to keep anyone busy, but Baroness (Jack) Troutbeck likes new challenges. When a...