Blogs in January 1970

Loving Geordie 1st January 1970

It is August 1960 and Glue Terrace, overlooking the River Tyne, is due to be demolished. All that remains is the abandoned rubbish of former lives. The residents themselves have already been shifted.In the midst of this desolation lives...

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Two Brothers 1st January 1970

It is 1920 and two baby boys are born, and are brought up as brothers in Berlin. Paulus and Otto are the twin sons of devoted and happy Jewish parents Frieda and Wolfgang Stengel. But one of the children...

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The Somnambulist 1st January 1970

‘Some secrets are better left buried…’ When seventeen-year-old Phoebe Turner visits Wilton’s Music Hall to watch her Aunt Cissy performing on stage, she risks the wrath of her mother Maud who marches with the Hallelujah Army, campaigning for all...

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The Cemetery of Secrets 1st January 1970

In the ancient burial ground of San Michele on an island off Venice, a young woman’s casket is prised open, an object wrenched from her hands, and an extraordinary story begins. Young academic Daniel Forster arrives in Venice working...

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The Facts of Life 1st January 1970

This story is split into two sections: in the first Edward Pepper is a German exile who falls in love with his doctor, Sally who is English. The second takes place at The Roundel, where Edward and Sally are...

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