Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. In a shocking scandal the like of which has not been seen in the English aristocracy since the eighteenth century Lord Peter Wimsey's elder brother the Duke of Denver stands accused of murder. Lord Peter is determined to prove his brother's innocence yet finds him strangely uncooperative. Furthermore other family members apparently oppose Peter's attempts to get to the truth. His sister Lady Mary seems to know more than she is letting on
- could the Duke be protecting her? In collaboration with Inspector Parker Wimsey slowly uncovers a web of lies & deceit within his own family & finds himself faced with the unhappy alternative of sending either his brother or his sister to the gallows. Until he himself becomes a target... Patricia Routledge plays the Dowager Duchess in this classic dramatisation alongside Maria Aitken as Lady Mary & Miriam Margolyes as Mrs Hardraw.
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' The clouds are nature's poetry & the most egalitarian of her displays since everyone has an equally fantastic view of them. Clouds are for dreamers & their contemplation benefits the soul. Yet their beauty is so everyday as to be in danger of being overlooked.. .' Gavin Pretor Pinney is the chairman & founder member of the? Cloud Appreciation Society.? He?contends that we are blessed in this country with a uniquely rich & varied cloudscape which has hitherto been sadly undervalued. His book teaches us to appreciate their different varieties
- the cumulus nimbostratus & Morning Glory to name only a few
- & all their beauties & significances both meteorological & cultural. We learn how Hindus believed the cumulus clouds were the spiritual cousins of elephants how thermal air currents act on fair weather cumuli & how to save a fortune in psychiatric bills by using the clouds as Rorschach images that reflect our state of mind as well as nature's moods. Looking up will never be the same again.

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'A fragmented hilarious crude mystical soap opera. In a rich Australian idiom Winton lets his characters rip against an evocation of Perth so intense you can smell it' Sunday Telegraph Cloudstreet -- a broken-down house of former glories on the wrong side of the tracks a place teeming with memories of its own a place of shudders & shadows & spirits. From separate catastrophes two families flee to the city & find themselves sharing this great sighing structure & beginning their lives again from scratch. Together they roister & rankle in a house that begins as a roof over their heads & becomes a home for their hearts. In this fresh funny novel full of wonder & dreams Tim Winton weaves the threads of lifetimes of twenty years of shouting & fighting laughing & grafting into a story about acceptance & belonging. ' Imagine Neighbours being taken over by the writing team of John Steinbeck & Gabriel Garcia Marquez & you'll be close to the heart of Winton's impressive tale' Time Out ...

Don Revie & Brian Clough were born a brisk walk away from each other in Middlesbrough in 1927 & 1935 respectively. They were brought up in a town ravaged by the Depression & went on to become highly successful professional footballers. Then as young managers they both took clubs languishing in the doldrums (Leeds United & Derby County) & moulded them into championship winners. Despite the myriad similarities these two sons of the Tees were as different in character as Richard Nixon & John F. Kennedy. A bitter rivalry developed between them which in turn enlivened & then blighted English football in the 1960s & 70s. In Clough & Revie" exclusive interviews with players relatives & friends shed fresh light on these two intriguing characters. Part footballing chronicle part social history this book is a revelatory exploration of the rivalry between the two men. It brings a fresh perspective on their early years in the North-East tells how they nearly became teammates & explains why the feud began & what its repercussions were." ...

Brian Clough arguably Britains greatest ever football manager died in September 2004 at the age of 69. His passing was marked by a minutes silence at both the Derby County & Nottingham Forest grounds & provoked a wave of tributes from across the sporting spectrum. A memorial service due to be held at Derby Cathedral had to be moved to Pride Park to accommodate the fans demand for tickets. This overwhelming affection & respect was fully deserved for the man who was often described as being controversial outspoken & opinionated. His achievements in football speak for themselves: he took two lowly Midlands sides to the very top winning two consecutive European Cups with unfashionable Nottingham Forest in a feat that will surely never be matched by a club of similar stature. This special edition contains two new chapters written shortly before he died which offer his candid & entertaining views on club directors & chairmen & on Newcastles treatment of Sir Bobby Robson as well as his scathing analysis of Englands recent performances. Cloughie also talks honestly about his battles with alcohol & the liver transplant that gave him 21 months of health & happiness. ...

When eighteen-year-old Dot meets Sol she feels that love has arrived at last. Solomon Arbuthnott is a man who can bring colour & warmth to her drab life in sixties London
- & what's more he is a young handsome soldier with excellent prospects. Someone who wants to give her everything she has dreamed of. Someone who can promise her blue skies laughter sun & always always love. And for a while life is truly like a song. They stroll h&-in-hand by the Serpentine dance cheek-to-cheek in Soho's smoky bars & begin to plan their idyllic future growing old together in Sol's ancestral home on the island of St Lucia. But this is 1961. East End girls don't date West Indian boys let alone fall in love with them & leave the country. They stay at home & live the life their parents planned for them. Even if it leaves them lonelier than they ever thought possible. Even if it rips their heart in two...
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It's the hottest new night club.. .ARE YOU IN? Jenna Lorde knows she's taking on a challenge when she inherits her dad's nightclub. But Zenith comes with a top class reputation & a location other clubs would kill for so she reckons she's more than up for it. Until she starts to realise that the dangers aren't just from other clubs. Beneath the glamour of the VIP lounge & the pumping music sleaze & corruption are starting to creep in & it'll take all Jenna's cunning to stop the rot. The club's survival
- & her own
- depend on it.. .

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Club Creme where anything goes
- as long as it's behind closed doors. Debonair Sir Simeon founded the exclusive gentlemen's club
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Theres only one vampire Sookie Stackhouse is involved with
- at least voluntarily
- & thats Bill. But recently hes been a little

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Theres only one vampire Sookie Stackhouse is involved with
- at least voluntarily
- & thats Bill. But recently hes been a little

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