Blogs in January 1970

Siege 1st January 1970

London is under attack. People are dead. Many more lives hang in the balance as a group of highly trained gunmen storm the historic Stanhope Hotel on Park Lane. The gunmen have given the government just five hours to...

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An Alphabet of London 1st January 1970

London is the only city in the world where you could ever find Gilbert and George sharing space with the Gherkin and the Globe while the Great Fire burns and a gin drinker glugs her favorite tipple, and where...

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This Bleeding City 1st January 1970

From humble origins in Scotland, via Univeristy, to the financial capital – London. Charlie Wales. Hedge funds and high octane dealings sustain the thrust of this novel, which in parts shows life behind the financial headlines..the hard egded trading...

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Stealing Athena 1st January 1970

A novel of two smart women with the sculptures of the Parthenon as the central theme. Mary Elgin, who is the wife of Lord Elgin who brought the marbles (which now reside in the British Museum): Aspasia,who was the...

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Something from Tiffany’s 1st January 1970

Doesn’t every girl dream of getting . . . something from Tiffany’s? It’s Christmas Eve. And on 5th Avenue in New York City, two very different men are shopping for gifts for the women they love. Gary is buying...

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