People in Camberwell had neither money nor electricity to burn, but they had wood from doors and broken window frames and shattered furniture gathered up in a pyramid, as the focus of their street party. The grocer had dug out some old bunting, somebody had found sparklers, and rockets that fizzed harmlessly. It was all a bright wonder to a boy of four, who should have been in bed hours ago but who stood in the street, barely noticed, watching the beery faces, waiting to ask his mum the only question he cared about that day: “Will Daddy be home soon?”
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Look at these astonishing views from the Lantern Room high up at the top of the Belle Tout lighthouse …
Hello you. How’s it going? Last night we stayed at the Belle Tout lighthouse. This is a Georgian lighthouse on the edge of a four hundred foot drop on its own hill near Beachy Head in East Sussex, The Lantern Room is a wonderful space with 360 degree views of the South Downs, the SevenContinue reading “Look at these astonishing views from the Lantern Room high up at the top of the Belle Tout lighthouse …”
The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away
“An extraordinary true story told by a wonderful writer. I wish I could produce something as moving, engaging and beautiful as this.” Bryony Gordon Marc is a promising young footballer of 15, growing up in Scotland. A few hundred miles away in England, Martin is a fun-loving 16-year-old. Both are enjoying their summers when theyContinue reading “The Boy Who Gave His Heart Away”
Hear how a young man’s death broke the heart of an Irish island community, on the Great Blasket 70 years ago
Seventy years ago, a young man known as Seánín died on the Great Blasket, a remote island at the tip of the Dingle peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. He was one of the few remaining strong, youthful men in an island community that had once been strong and vibrant and famous for its oral, storytellingContinue reading “Hear how a young man’s death broke the heart of an Irish island community, on the Great Blasket 70 years ago”
Hungry For Home
“Extraordinary. When I put it down I wasn’t sure whether I had seen the film or read the text; the quality of its writing creates an essence which is visual, oral and literary.” The Irish Times Hungry For Home by Cole Moreton was published in hardback by Viking in 2000 and in paperback by PenguinContinue reading “Hungry For Home”