Blogs in October 2017

Trust Me 15th October 2017

Lizzie lives in the Lake District with her partner, Jonty, and his teenage son, Sam. Though she’s only ten years older than her stepson, somehow their set-up works. They’re a unit, a family. But now Sam has become sullen...

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East of Hounslow 14th October 2017

Meet Jay. Small-time dealer. Accidental jihadist. The one man who can save us all? Javid – call him Jay – is a dope dealer living in West London. He goes to mosque on Friday, and he’s just bought his...

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Mr Darcy’s Guide to Pemberley 12th October 2017

One “had never seen a place for which nature had done more, or where natural beauty had been so little counteracted by an awkward taste.” From its very first appearance 200 years ago on the pages of Jane Austen’s...

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A Christmas with the Dodger 8th October 2017

Come share a Victorian Christmas with the Artful Dodger! Christmas 1899 is approaching and Reg Dawkins, adopted son of the infamous Artful Dodger, is facing a lifetime dilemma. The Turn of the Century is a time of new beginnings...

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A Good Death 8th October 2017

‘A good death is better than a bad conscience,’ said Sophie. 1983 – Georgie, Theo, Sophie and Helena, four disparate young Cambridge undergraduates, set out to scale Ausangate, one of the highest and most sacred peaks in the Andes....

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