Shirley Williams

The House I Grew Up In by BBC

Aug 4, 201127:57Society & Culture

Shirley Williams, now Baroness Williams, returns to her childhood homes in London's Chelsea and the New Forest. Her mother was the writer, Vera Brittain, whose most famous novel - Testament of Youth - was a best-seller w...

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