Blogs in July 2018

Last Letter Home 29th July 2018

CAN A CHANCE ENCOUNTER UNLOCK ONE WOMAN’S PAST? On holiday in Italy, Briony Wood becomes fascinated by the wartime story of a ruined villa hidden amongst the hills of Naples. Not only is it the very place where her grandfather was...

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Moon Over Soho 29th July 2018

I was my dad’s vinyl-wallah: I changed his records while he lounged around drinking tea, and that’s how I know my Argo from my Tempo. And it’s why, when Dr Walid called me to the morgue to listen to...

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Morte Point 28th July 2018

Morte Point is a wonderful spot for a holiday. Only that’s not why Ben Bracken is here. He’s here because in this sleepy part of England, events are now unfolding that could cause death and mayhem, and not just...

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Warlight 25th July 2018

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 London, 1945. The capital is still reeling from the war. 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel are abandoned by their parents who leave the country on business, and are left in...

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In Our Mad And Furious City 25th July 2018

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018 For Selvon, Ardan and Yusuf, growing up under the towers of Stones Estate, summer means what it does anywhere: football, music, freedom. But now, after the killing of a British soldier, riots...

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