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A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Author Angela Thirkell recalls the three houses in which she grew up. First 'The Grange', where her grandfather, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, set the cultivated... Læs mere
After a calamitous performance and the death of one of their own, Lord Westfield's Men are more than despondent. So when Nicholas Bracewell is offered a new play, anonymously penned, his... Læs mere
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Jim Hawkes moves to the Devonshire countryside for some much needed tranquility. But beset by strange occurrences, and haunted by the figure of a little girl, peace is slipping from his grasp.
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