American trompe l'oeil is one of the surprises of this exhibition (for this reason alone the catalogue essay by Mark Mitchell is well worth reading).

ECONOMIST: The art of deception

Recently, Mark Mitchell shared his insights on independent school affordability with me, and highlighted some of the proactive steps that are being taken by NAIS and its member schools to address affordability.

FORBES: Affordability of Independent Day and Boarding Schools

Among the other academicians named at Wednesday's announcement at the British Library in London are AS Byatt, JM Coetzee, Sebastian Faulks, Mark Haddon, David Mitchell, Zadie Smith and Jeanette Winterson.

BBC: Folio Prize seeks to make mark on literary landscape

Mark Lancaster MP, parliamentary secretary to Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, visited the island himself in 2009 and stressed the long-term benefits.

BBC: England's St Helena exiles welcome island airport project

But film critic Elvis Mitchell tells Scott Simon that he thinks another performer really stands out: Mark Wahlberg, playing a cop from his native South Boston.

NPR: Ensemble Films Fill the Screen with Cameos

We have Ashford to thank for the portraits of her superior, Mr. Mitchell, whose predictions about the war's course are often way off the mark, and a co-worker, Miss Bousie, whose pacifism was sorely tried.

FORBES: Magazine Article