Blogs in September 2022

The Driver’s Seat 9th September 2022

Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants’ office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But...

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 21st May 2018

In 1930s Edinburgh, six ten-year-old girls, Sandy, Rose, Mary, Jenny, Monica, and Eunice are assigned Miss Jean Brodie, who describes herself as being “in my prime,” as their teacher. Miss Brodie, determined that they shall receive an education in...

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The Takeover 1st January 1970

In the cool, historic sanctuary of Nemi rests the spirit of Diana, the Benevolent-Malign Goddess whose priests once stalked the sacred grove. Now Hubert Mallindaine, self-styled descendent of the Italian huntress, has claimed spiritual rights to a villa at...

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Territorial Rights 1st January 1970

Robert arrives in Venice leaving the manipulative and wealthy Curran, his family and the Romanian emigre Anna behind. He soon discovers, however, that they have followed him and are all staying in the Pensione Sofia hotel, which harbours a...

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The Ballad of Peckham Rye 1st January 1970

A man of devilish charm and enterprising spirit, Dougal Douglas is employed to revitalize the ailing firm of Meadows, Meade & Grindley. He succeeds, but not quite in the way his employer intended. Strange things begin to happen as...

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