They wrote it this week: What does a princess do when she’s drowning?

Radclyffe Hall, whose novel 'The Well of Loneliness' created a huge controversy in the 1920s. She also set the clothing trend that became high fashion for lesbians in the era.

Image: Wikimedia Commons Radclyffe Hall, whose novel 'The Well of Loneliness' created a huge controversy in the 1920s. She also set the clothing trend that became high fashion for lesbians in the era.

Extracts from diaries and letters written between August 31 and September 6.

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