Blogs in January 1970

Daughters of Jerusalem 1st January 1970

Behind a crumbling facade of seeming normality, secrets begin to stir within the Lux family home. Jean Lux, constrained academic wife and guilty mother, is waiting for excitement – and it will come from an unexpected source. Meanwhile Eve,...

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The Old Ways 1st January 1970

Following the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles and beyond, Robert Macfarlane discovers a lost world – a landscape of the feet and the mind,...

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Death on a Galician Shore 1st January 1970

A cleverly plotted, page-turning murder mystery set on the beautiful, rugged coast of Galicia in northwest Spain

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Just Add Spice 1st January 1970

Escape from reality comes in patent-leather Prada kneeboots Dawn Ellis needs to escape from her painfully dull existence. Her unemployed husband spends all day complaining about life, moping around, or fixing lawnmowers on her kitchen table. The local writing...

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Bread and Oil: Majorcan Culture’s Last Stand 1st January 1970

On the island of Mallorca pa amb oli (bread and oil) is rubbed with garlic or tomatoes and salt, as it is in many other Mediterranean countries. Graves starts with this simple dish as a starting point to explore...

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