Blogs in January 1970

Great British Railway Journeys 1st January 1970

Inspired by George Bradshaw, a 19th-century cartographer who mapped Britain’s railways as they sprung up around him, Charlie Bunce and Michael Portillo take a journey along nine classic British railway routes and surround themselves with the history, the charm...

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On The Black Hill 1st January 1970

On the Black Hill is an elegantly written tale of identical twin brothers who grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home. They till the rough soil and sleep in the same bed, touched only...

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The Bathonians 1st January 1970

Kate is at the heart of a group of friends in Bath, England and abroad. Over the years, their lives and relationships result in picaresque episodes of love, passion, unexpected alliances, betrayal, trauma and death. Yet from the chaos,...

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Hetman: Donetsk Calling 1st January 1970

Former SAS Trooper turned MI6 Operative Aidan Snow returns in a short story preceding the release of the third Aidan Snow thriller. As an ex-pat Brian Webb has a great life, a sexy wife and a perfect daughter. But...

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Second from Last in the Sack Race 1st January 1970

On March 13th 1935, at Number 23 Paradise Lane, Thurmarsh, Henry Pratt was born. This is the story of Henry’s life, from humble beginnings in South Yorkshire, through the Second World War and his absolute terror of public school....

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