Nicola Shulman

How Prohibition turned everyone into a criminal

Strike Up the Band is a spirited chronicle of the Roaring Twenties in New York City, but it fails to develop an integrated narrative

Nicola Shulman 25 Mar 2024, 1:00pm

I sent my biting corgi to dog detention camp – and it transformed him

When my four-year-old dog Mishka bit a beloved collie belonging to the lady who looks after him when I go away, it was time to take action

Nicola Shulman 21 Jun 2023, 4:48pm
Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians: enough to make you pink with pleasure and green with envy

This intelligent, inquiring show at the Queen's Gallery does the clothes and accessories of the 18th century full, dazzling justice

Nicola Shulman 19 Apr 2023, 12:31pm
From the Bastille to Victorian pornographers and a Ponzi scheme: 120 days of Sodom’s weird afterlife

Joel Warner's dazzling book tells The Curse of the Marquis de Sade tells the extraordinary story of a manuscript – and its debauched author

Nicola Shulman 21 Feb 2023, 7:00am

Old boys’ networks aren’t just for men – I’m proof of the power of the elite girls’ school

Private girls’ schools have managed to maintain a reputation for academic excellence rather than Etonian-style monied privilege – until now

Nicola Shulman 10 Nov 2022, 7:28pm
We all want a Royal puppy – but think carefully before spending £6,000 on a Corgi

The late Queen has inspired demand for the breed but, cute as they are, don’t be fooled into thinking it’s like owning a golden retriever

Nicola Shulman 27 Sep 2022, 7:00am
Super-Infinite by Katherine Rundell: at last, the biography John Donne deserves

The swaggering Elizabethan adventurer-poet has finally met his match – in Rundell's blazingly intelligent and witty life

Nicola Shulman 20 Apr 2022, 5:00am