THE WORLD IS NEVER QUIET THE MAN: Walk with us Through this city That stretches the river, languid and pleased, whilst dog-walking rowers and strolling athletes are ignored by those waters that meander indifferent to the running and kissing that fills the air...
23.55 BILL BRYSON LIBRARY Oh Dame Edith French, what are you doing? Why stand in the snow outside the Bill Bryson library? She’s waiting for midnight, that’s what she’s doing. What will she do then? She’ll walk to the riverbank, that bit of...
18.47 Sophie’s bedroom, Station Lane, Brandon She lays out her clothes On the bed Then the shower Wash her world clean Bathrobe-wrapped She dries her hair Drying gently Brushing carefully And in the mirror she sees Herself Clothes drape as they should Shape as...
08.07 THE ARNISON CENTRE Danny Goodman parks the car. Sainsbury’s before work. For bits and pieces. It won’t take long. It’s raining. Dan? How you doing? He used to live two doors down from Danny until his kids flew the nest and he downsized to contentment....
INT. THE SHAKESPEARE. 13.00 IT’S FULL WITH SHOPPERS, LUNCHTIME DRINKERS, CURIOUS TOURISTS, A FEW STUDENTS AND OLD MEN WITH NOWHERE TO GO EXCEPT THEIR USUAL PLACE AT THE USUAL TIME. AT THE BAR, LEANING OVER IN PRIVATE CONVERSATION SO THAT ONLY THEY CAN...
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