Editing Diana Mosley (section)

==Writer==
Mosley was shunned in the British media for a period after the war, and the couple established their own publishing company, Euphorion Books, named after a character in [[Goethe]]'s ''[[Goethe's Faust|Faust]]''. This allowed Oswald to publish, and Diana was free to commission a cultural list. After his release from jail, Oswald declared the death of fascism. Diana initially translated Goethe's ''Faust''. Other notable books published by Euphorion under her aegis included ''[[La Princesse de Clèves]]'' (translated by Nancy, 1950), [[Niki Lauda]]'s memoirs (1985), and [[Hans-Ulrich Rudel]]'s memoirs, ''Stuka Pilot''. She also edited several of her husband's books.

While in France, Mosley edited the fascist cultural magazine ''[[The European (1953 magazine)|The European]]'' for six years, and to which she sometimes contributed material. She provided articles, book reviews, and regular diary entries. Many of her contributions were republished in 2008 in ''[[The Pursuit of Laughter]]''. In 1965, she was commissioned to write the regular column "Letters from Paris" for ''[[Tatler (1901)|Tatler]]''. She reviewed autobiographical and biographical accounts as well as the occasional novel. Characteristically she would provide commentary of her own experiences and personal information of the subject of the book under discussion. She wrote regularly for ''Books and Bookmen''. Her 1980 review of a biography on [[Magda Goebbels]] attracted attention from [[Christopher Hitchens]].<ref>[https://www.spectator.co.uk/2008/12/friends-and-enemies/ Friends and enemies] The Spectator. 12 December 2008</ref> Hitchens objected to a passage where Mosley wrote: "Everyone knows the tragic end. As the Russians surrounded Berlin, the Goebbels painlessly killed their children and then themselves. The dead children were described by people who saw them as looking 'peacefully asleep'. Those who condemn this appalling, [[Siege of Masada|Masada]]-like deed must consider the alternative facing the distraught Magda." Hitchens insisted that the ''[[New Statesman]]'' issue an editorial condemning the Masada trope.<ref>[https://www.lrb.co.uk/v21/n19/christopher-hitchens/what-a-lot-of-parties What a lot of parties] London Review of Books. 30 September 1999</ref> In her eighties, Mosley became the lead reviewer for the ''[[London Evening Standard]]'' during [[A. N. Wilson]]'s seven-year tenure as literary editor.<ref name=Stan>[https://www.standard.co.uk/standard-home/the-pursuit-of-laughter-by-diana-mosley-6918651.html The Pursuit of Laughter by Diana Mosley] London Evening Standard. 5 January 2009</ref> In 1996, following Wilson's departure, his successor was asked by the new editor of the newspaper, [[Max Hastings]] to stop running Mosley's reviews. Hastings is reported to have said that he did not want any more "bloody Lady Hitler" in the newspaper.<ref name=Stan/>

Mosley wrote the foreword and introduction of ''Nancy Mitford: A Memoir'' by [[Harold Acton]]. She produced her own two books of memoirs: ''[[A Life of Contrasts]]'' (1977, [[Hamish Hamilton]]), and ''[[Loved Ones (book)|Loved Ones]]'' (1985). The latter is a collection of pen portraits of close relatives and friends such as the writer [[Evelyn Waugh]] among others. In 1980, she released ''[[The Duchess of Windsor (Mosley biography)|The Duchess of Windsor]]'', a biography.

In 2007, letters between the Mitford sisters, including communications to and from Diana, were published in the compilation ''[[The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters]]'', edited by Charlotte Mosley. A following collection consisting of her letters, articles, diaries and reviews was released as ''[[The Pursuit of Laughter]]'' in December 2008.