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Sunday Edition | Nov 30, 2012 | 21:24

Vita Sackville-West; 021212

Vita Sackville-West was a prolific writer in early 20th-Century Britain who is best remembered not for her prose, but for her not-so-private, private life ... that included many romantic dalliances with many women including Virginia Wolfe. But she was also a judge. Michael speaks to Thomas S. Woods about the long-forgotten chapter in Sackville-West's life.

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