Blogs in January 1970

Living Proof 1st January 1970

A book and film convention in Nottingham. An American writer of a lesbian series is attacked by feminists and receives threats: prostitutes are under attack….

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Already Dead 1st January 1970

A summer of endless rain in the Peak District leaves the officers of Derbyshire’s CID with a problem. They have discovered a man’s body lying in shallow water, but torrential rain has swollen the rivers and flooded the roads,...

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Bordeaux Housewives 1st January 1970

Bordeaux Housewives is a romantic comedy combining a heady mix of sunshine, sex, Sancerre and secrets. When an ordinary English family swap dreary suburbia and the rat race for the glorious countryside of France they have no idea just...

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The Elephant Keeper 1st January 1970

‘I asked the sailor what an Elephant looked like: he replied that it was like nothing on earth.’ In the middle of the 18th century, a ship docks at Bristol with an extraordinary cargo: two young elephants. Bought by...

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A Year in Provence 1st January 1970

Peter Mayle and his wife did what most of us only imagine doing when they made their long-cherished dream of a life abroad a reality: throwing caution to the wind, they bought a glorious two hundred year-old farmhouse in...

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