The Confession of Hilary DurwoodHilary Durwood writes his father a letter of confession from the London gaol in which he awaits execution. Eager for glory as an explorer in the further reaches of the Empire he is duped into undertaking a semi mythical mission, in semi mythical lands. After many adventures and setbacks he returns to London destitute, dismayed at having killed someone, and seeking revenge against the Gentleman Explorer who set him up. Meanwhile a serial killer, The

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and examine carefully the fragile ties that bind our lives and our fate to our planet

and a small posse of her tormentors has to gear up and give chase – whether to beg forgiveness or shut her up for good

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Cremin has dipped her toe in many pies but it’s more than fair to say that poetry has been kind to her since she moved to Brighton for a year in 1996

a study of Greaves’ paintings of compassion of the fifties and sixties would be enough to tell us how we lived

Oliver Dixon was born in Sussex and

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loving and visceral

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