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Blogs in January 1970

Dominion 1st January 1970

1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany after Dunkirk. As the long German war against Russia rages on in the east, the British people find themselves under dark authoritarian...

Sandman 1st January 1970

Lazing through hot summer days at their beach hut, life seems just about perfect for the Vincent family – until their peace is shattered by murder. An incident between Paul Vincent and Stevie Clarke – an unbalanced beachcomber known...

Dead Man’s Footsteps 1st January 1970

‘Abby stepped in the lift and the doors closed with a sound like a shovel smoothing gravel. She breathed in the smell of someone else’s perfume, and lemon-scented cleaning fluid. The lift jerked upwards a few inches. And now,...

The Sense of an Ending 1st January 1970

Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others,...

Porterhouse Blue 1st January 1970

Porterhouse College is world renowned for its gastronomic excellence, the arrogance of its Fellows, its academic mediocrity and the social cache it confers on the athletic sons of country families. Sir Godber Evans, ex-Cabinet Minister and the new Master,...