6 February, 2024 in From the author's desk
Our children have returned to school, and was ever thus, but for a privileged few different… The Beaconsfield Special, a steam train with four carriages and three guard’s vans,…
9 January, 2024 in From the author's desk
As our loved ones depart after the family Christmas festivities… As she was undressing, Ruth noticed the thin book where Naomi had left it open on her bedside table. She…
2 January, 2024 in News
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19 December, 2023 in From the author's desk
From the author’s desk … I was recently invited to Morland Road Library, and very much enjoyed giving a talk about writing and self-publishing. I would like to thank everyone…
7 November, 2023 in From the author's desk
The Jewish community in Bath prepares for the festival of Hanukkah in two weeks time, as it did all those years ago. Scrubbed and brushed, Yann sat between…
17 October, 2023 in From the author's desk
The politics of 1946… Marmaduke, the third Earl Lundy tapped his wine glass lightly with his spoon and the room dutifully hushed. “It now gives me great pleasure…
15 August, 2023 in From the author's desk
The day the world changed forever, 10th August 1945. …After that Sebastian studiously avoided discussing Ruth’s personal life, but the subject of Yann came up by chance one evening. They…
18 July, 2023 in From the author's desk
Eighty years ago, a vision of things to come? …Bradshaw gazed appreciatively at it before he spoke. “I must stress that this map is highly confidential, and because…