Blogs in December 2018

The Lion Tamer Who Lost 7th December 2018

Be careful what you wish for… Long ago, Andrew made a childhood wish, and kept it in a silver box. When it finally comes true, he wishes he hadn’t… Long ago, Ben made a promise and he had a...

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The Blockade Runners 18th August 2018

It is 1965. Ian Smith unilaterally declares Rhodesia independent under white minority rule. The UN declares an embargo, bestowing Her Majesty’s government whatever means of enforcement necessary. With no country recognising Rhodesia, they are desperate for trade. David Tusk,...

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Drugs To Forget 22nd April 2018

Filmmaker Nathalie Thompson’s programme on bioterror takes her from the desolate interior of Zimbabwe to the Indonesian jungle. Posing as a Western activist she attempts to expose a terrorist group and their involvement in an unusual outbreak of Ebola…...

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The Book of Memory 25th June 2016

The story you have asked me to tell begins not with the ignominious ugliness of Lloyd’s death but on a long-ago day in April when the sun seared my blistered face and I was nine years old and my...

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Dance of Eagles 28th July 2015

An explosive adventure-thriller! A thousand years ago an almost legendary city existed in southern Africa, the hub of trade and with mystical stories abounding about its power and origins. But by the end of the 14th Century it was...

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