Miller eventually moved back to England in 1946, settling at Farley’s Farm in Sussex – which was no doubt an abrupt shift from her active, dramatic life. She attempted to adjust to normality, but struggled. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Miller channelled her great energy into becoming a chef, the only profession her son, Antony (born 1947), thought his mother had had. It was not until a year after Miller’s death in 1977, when Antony’s wife found ‘20,000 original photographs and 60,000 negatives’ in the family attic, that the truth of her life was revealed. Antony, and his
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