The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Shirley Dickson’s latest novel, The Orphan’s Secret, is a beautifully crafted tale about an orphaned baby and a heart-breaking lie. Set in 1940s England, with the war raging on, Lily Armstrong has married John Radley and must quickly say goodbye as he leaves to fight...
When the Nightingale Sings In 1930s London, by pure chance, Judy Morgan meets Hedwig Kiesler. Judy Morgan has just finished her studies of Physics at Cambridge University. Hedwig Kiesler has just left her beloved home in Austria to escape from her ex-husband. Hedwig...
“Very few battles actually change history”, posits Gordon Corrigan in his latest book Tipping Points of History: The Battle of Aegospotami. Intriguing the reader from the outset, he goes on to explain how inaccurately the phrase ‘crossroads of history’ is applied to...
