Blogs in January 1970

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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Polar Nights 1st January 1970

Hitching a ride on a rogue iceberg, a polar bear washes up on the north coast of Scotland and immediately causes havoc in a small fishing community. Intent on the media scoop of the decade, TV journalist Rebecca Riposte...

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Secret London – an Unusual Guide (Jonglez Guides) 1st January 1970

Explore London in a very different and unusual way. This is not a typical guidebook, but takes you off the beaten track – away from the bustling tourist hub. Pray in a floating church, for example, or sail on...

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84 Charing Cross Road 1st January 1970

This is a series of letters charting the twenty-year correspondence between Hanff, searching for books which she could not find her homeland and Frank Doel, a London antiquarian bookseller. A unique and touching exchange, the friendship blossoms, but Hanff...

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House on the Bridge: Ten Turbulent Years with Diego Rivera 1st January 1970

This is story of Diego Rivera’s first wife, Angeline Beloff, an artist from pre-revolutionary Russia and her relationship with him in, part set in Belle Époque Paris.

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