The White Umbrella Sean O'Faolain Her pursuit of the truth Jennie Melville Her pursuit of the truth takes her into the underbelly of the city from gas lit streets to the sumptuous parlours of Mayfair as she seeks the help of notorious criminals from her past and finds herself torn between two powerful admirers a group of gentlemen wait out a raging blizzard in the perpetual darkness of the Antarctic winter The White Umbrella is an allegorical tale about taking personal responsibility for our environment and the importance of both compassion and empathy Brian Sewell strays from the art world to tell the enchanting story of a man and his pet donkey