An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo, By richard Davenport-Hines This is more than simply an overview of the affair between John Profumo and Christine Keeler; Davenport-Hines skewers an entire society, from city-centre planners to politicians and journalists, to slum landlords and operators in the Cold War, and he makes us ponder the consequences of damage done by a generation of men like Macmillan, damaged by their experiences during the war 20 years previously.