Blogs in January 1970

The Painter 1st January 1970

Beautifully evocative and suspensful double time-scheme narrative about Rembrandt, love and art. In January, 1662, the artist Rembrandt, bankrupted in the great tulip crash, accidentally stows away on a boat for Hull. To pay for his passage, he must...

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On Gallows Hill 1st January 1970

Michal Morey was born on the Isle of Wight in the late 17th century. Employed as a woodcutter and married to Beth, they live in a run down cottage on the edge of Pan Wood. Michal was renowned for...

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The Business of Dying 1st January 1970

DS Dennis Milne kills three innocent people, initiating an investigation. A few hours later Milne is on the streets again investigating the death of a woman found by Regent’s Canal. As his investigation grows, he discovers a level of...

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The Repentent Morning 1st January 1970

Fitzrovia, Soho in London, 1930s. Meredith Kerr is spending another evening of inebriation with three men. Harry Bowden, billy boyle and Arthur Lawler all want her for themselves. But Meredith has forgotten how to understand what it is she...

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Absolute Beginners 1st January 1970

‘I swore by Elvis and all the saints that this last teenage year of mine was going to be a real rave. Yes, man, come whatever, this last year of the teenage dream I was out for kicks and...

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