The IllusionsAt a time of extraordinary change, two women must harness their talents to take control of their own destiny . . . Bristol, 1896. Used to scraping a living as the young assistant to an ageing con artist, Cecily Marsden's life is turned upside down when her master suddenly dies. Believing herself to blame, could young Cec somehow have powers she little understands? Meanwhile Eadie Carleton, a pioneering early film maker, struggles for her talent to be

and unflinchingly committed to the alliance of literature and life

poetic and yet essentially critical little book is neither a tract nor a traveloge

He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War

When Brendan leaves early

the late British poet Ted Hughes

via Great Canal Journeys

the Republic

She never comes back

but will find fresh and wonderful creations of these characters by a true master of his art

and the rats and pirates from the Ratbridge Nautical Laundry

has lost his faith

and Salander's prints are on the weapon