Margot Shelley, a fading film star, has just published her autobiography. However, Neville Lytton is more interested in the memoirs of starlet Solveig Lindstrom.

Whilst visiting his wife Catherine, Lytton is told of strange goings-on at the house of Lord Rimmer. He uncovers a plot to create a right-wing political movement and exposes the story in his paper.