Blogs in August 2025

Isabela’s Way 28th August 2025

In early-seventeenth-century Portugal, Spain, France, and Germany, dangers are plentiful – especially for those of Jewish heritage. Non-Catholics have been expelled from Spain, and the Inquisition has now come to Portugal to impose its prohibitions. Fourteen-year-old Isabela, an obedient...

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Painting Paris 28th August 2025

Paris 1908. In Montmartre painters are creating works that will change the way we see life. Some do it better than others, some fall victims to the pursuit of love as well as art. But it’s a time to...

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Fathers and Fugitives 27th August 2025

Daniel is a queer journalist living in London. His relationships appear to be sexually fulfilling but sentimentally meagre. He has no relationships outside of sexual ones, and can seem at once callow and, at times, cold to the point...

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An Unusual Grief 27th August 2025

How do you get to know your daughter when she is dead? This is the question that haunts Mojisola as she grapples with the sudden loss of her daughter, Yinka, and the unresolved fractures in their relationship. Mojisola is...

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The Greek Proposal 26th August 2025

Isla’s not looking for love on her sabbatical in gorgeous rural Greece. She longs for a sunny lifestyle to revive her health and happiness after a road accident and a car crash of a relationship. Her clifftop villa and...

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