Blogs in January 1970

For Tibet With Love 1st January 1970

‘Sometimes you just have to do something, don’t you? Sometimes an injustice comes along and you think ‘No, this cannot be’, and rather than just turn off the TV, you know it’s time to act’ So begins Isabel Losada’s...

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West End Girls 1st January 1970

Barbara Tate was 17 when she heard the whispered word that would change her life: Soho. It would take four years for Barbara to escape her loveless home but when she finally made it to the forbidden streets of...

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The Return of Captain John Emmett 1st January 1970

Laurence Bartram life changed forever after the horrors of the Western Front, and lost his wife in childbirth. Returning home, he has little left. He receives a letter from Mary, who is the sister of his erstwhile schoolfriend, John...

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Charlotte Street 1st January 1970

Jason is a former teacher, who now works as a journalist on a free newspaper. One day he sees an attractive woman with loads of bags trying to get into a taxi. He endeavours to help and as she...

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The Crimson Petal and the White 1st January 1970

Although it’s billed as “the first great 19th-century novel of the 21st century,” The Crimson Petal and the White is anything but Victorian. It’s the story of a well-read London prostitute named Sugar, who spends her free hours composing...

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