This is the complete seventh series of the fiendishly funny award-winning comedy starring Andy Hamilton Annette Crosbie & Timothy West. Jean Paul Sartre said ' Hell is other people'. But as Satan will tell you Hell is actually a fiery unendingly cruel domain where Oliver Reed can never quite catch the barman's eye & Yves St Laurent is forced to wear a donkey jacket. But Hell is about to become more hellish for Satan himself (Andy Hamilton). Not only is the historian Edith Barrington (Annette Crosbie) taking for ever to write his biography An Angel Misunderstood but everything is thrown into confusion when a dog turns up. Animals aren't meant to end up in Hell because they're not evil
- well except for dolphins of course. So why is it here? After much licking begging & slobbering
- mainly from Scumspawn
- Satan decides to keep the dog & ask God (Timothy West) what is going on. But God has decided to go on a gap year to find himself. & Hell receives another even more inexplicable guest... All six episodes are from the seventh series of BBC Radio 4's Sony Award-winning comedy set in Hell. ' One of the great comic creations of recent years'
- Sunday Telegraph". '...one of the best-written comedies around sustained over its 12 years on the air by brilliant performances & production'
- " Daily Telegraph"."




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Old House Eco Handbook is a companion volume to the authors' highly successful Old House Handbook published in association with the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB). It seeks to answer the questions homeowners & others are asking about how to make old houses
- medieval & timberframed Georgian Victorian or Edwardian terraces
- energy-efficient & sustainable. The refurbishment or 'retrofitting' of old houses to meet new requirements into the future is now high on the Government's agenda. Old houses are by their nature a sustainable asset: their refurbishment is becoming a priority as attempts are made to address millions of energy-sapping poorly insulated & far from airtight homes. Energy-efficiency in particular is vital to cut carbon emissions a major contributor to global warming. How should we go about this without devaluing future sustainability or the appeal & character of old homes by the use of inappropriate solutions? Old House Eco Handbook sets out to provide the answers. The SPAB at the forefront of research into old house energy-efficiency is the ideal partner for this book.

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Here for the first time is a completely authoritative guide on how to look after your old house
- whether it's a timber framed
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How do you show off the best features of a home built for another age while adapting it for modern living? In Old House New Home Ros Byam Shaw looks at the many different ways we can furnish & arrange an old building to suit todays needs whether it is a terraced townhouse or a converted factory. Exploring properties as diverse as a small Victorian townhouse & a former country dairy she reveals how the design of each home has been reinvented for the 21st century. The book is divided into a series of key styles: Period Piece Urban Chic Rustic Recycled Spaces & Country House. Each section

Includes:: ideas for furniture lighting fabrics colours & finishing touches appropriate for the particular style of interior.

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Victoria Macara lives in the old house on the corner. When the land is sold she finds herself surrounded by new properties called Victoria Square. The newcomers include mismatched lovers Kathleen & Steve; Rachel who is attempting to forget a terrible tragedy; Sarah who is running away from an abusive husband while Anna & Ernie are just after a quiet life. For Marie Victoria Square is a refuge from the men who murdered her husband; for Judy it means a fresh start after forty years of marriage to a man she'd thought she'd love for ever. But it is to Gareth
- trapped in a hopeless marriage
- that Victoria is particularly drawn.. .

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Pillar boxes were first introduced into Britain at the instigation of Anthony Trollope the novelist who was also a Post Office surveyor. Although many letter boxes are ordinary some types such as those that survive from the 1850s are understandably rare. This book describes & illustrates some of those from the Channel Islands where pillar boxes were first introduced in 1852 to Scotland which has had its own design of letter boxes since the Queen's accession in 1952 & from the heart of London to the depths of rural Wales & the Irish Republic. ...

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Includes:: 5 adorable farm-animal faces top each finger of a velour glove puppet that features a

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Old Mac Donald had a farm E-I-E-I-O! And on that farm he had some sheep E-I-E-I-O! With a BAA! BAA! here & a BAA! BAA! there Here a BAA! there a BAA! everywhere a BAA! BAA! Old Mac Donald had a farm E-I-E-I-O! Everything is going wrong down on the farm & Old Mac Donald is in a pickle! Whatever can he do? Children will love pressing the pages to hear the farmyard noises in this fun noisy twist on a classic nursery rhyme. ...

Kate is at a loss. She meets a boy with curious powers & a bizarre history
- but he thinks he is very ordinary. How can she convince
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Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man a young boy & a giant fish. It was The Old Man & the Sea that won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. Here in a perfectly crafted story is a unique & timeless vision of the beauty & grief of man's challenge to the elements in which he lives. Not a single word is superflous in this widely admired masterpiece which once & for all established his place as one of the giants of modern literature. ...