Blogs in February 2023

God’s Country 3rd February 2023

‘‘I was born in the Black Country and have lived there most of my life. I’ve always felt that it, and the texture of its part-industrial, part-rural landscape provokes a unique sensation of place, and I try to emulate...

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The Madness of July 2nd February 2023

‘Secrets and regrets, ambition and venality. I have seldom come across a novel so redolent of le Carré.’ Charles Cumming London, mid-1970s. A sweltering July in Whitehall, and for Will Flemyng, foreign office minister, the temperature rises with each...

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A Gathering of Ghosts 2nd February 2023

1316. On the wilds of Dartmoor stands the isolated Priory of St Mary, home to the Sisters of the Knights of St John. People journey from afar in search of healing at the holy well that lies beneath its...

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The Last Wave 2nd February 2023

The sea has always been Martha’s escape—first from the sadness and strife of her childhood home, then from the drudgery of life as a wife and mother—but she can never quite escape the pull of love and family, despite...

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You’ve Got Cake 31st January 2023

With a teenage daughter to raise and a bakery to run Michelle struggles to find time for herself. She has put her heart and soul into her cake shop, and the business is going from strength to strength. When...

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