All before me'All Before Me' is a moving and absorbing account of the struggle to know oneself on the journey into adulthood, intertwined with the stories of the Wordsworth siblings at Dove Cottage. In the beautiful hamlet of Town End, where a cultural epoch was borne that would forever shape the way we experience the world, Esther found the spirit of place to sustain and anchor her, and make possible all that lay before her.

common ground

Charles Dickens

cartwheels down the Hunger Wall

to destroy everything - utterly

Yet none of the men were dissuaded by the carnage from seeking military careers when the guns finally fell silent

Once she and Ant are an item

visiting an active volcano

and working in collaboration with the University of Sussex's world-leading Centre for Research on Kindness

To keep the peace and restore prosperity

consents to be her tutor

The summer of 2019 is interesting in other ways

In August 1989