"Wanda gets into deeper and deeper waters"
I was walking home from the Tender Trap. I’d had hopes that Benny would take me home but she had other plans. I had no idea what those plans were but it clearly wasn’t a quiet night in. She’d arrived...
"A reporter learns about the politics of a hospital"
Phoebe Burnett was the Press Relations Officer of the local MP’s party. She called me, one of the political team at the Western Clarion, on a Saturday afternoon. We didn’t publish a Sunday paper so I guessed she wanted something...
"Harriet and Laura get to know each other even better."
Recollections of the whip:I got home on the Monday morning and caught up with a few household chores, then repaired to my studio to work on a piece that I’d rather neglected. Harriet was away on some sort of ‘fact-finding’...
"Lauren's relationship with Harriet develops"
The week passed slowly. I made the adjustments I’d talked to her about and a few more. I went to my framer and had it put in a frame I thought would work well in her house, hoping she’d feel...
"An artist is commissioned to paint a politician's portrait."
She was on the phone. “No, Grace, I am not alone. Lauren Noakes is here. Yes, that’s right, the artist. I’ve commissioned her to do a portrait of me. Let’s call it my vanity project. She’s working really hard.”I’d been...
"Faye's tour in Missing in Action goes well, mostly"
The tour was good. Clarrie and I managed to rent a small flat in the heart of Windsor, a stone’s throw from the Castle and the theatre. The first few days we were doing the technical stuff that has to...
"Another extract from Faye Millerton's memoirs."
Flick (Felicity) Caterham was standing when I entered her inner sanctum. My agent was, quite frankly, one of the best, and, largely thanks to her, my career had flourished. I was well off, in demand and happy, despite a long...
"In which Cass continues her research and reaches a conclusion - of sorts"
‘She was beautiful. I’d never seen anything so beautiful. Her hair was black, like a rook’s feathers and cascaded down her back almost to her waist. Her eyes were black too and seemed to flash. Her costume was exotic, the...
"Cass's research into Harry and Isabella continues."
“I remember that first night we spent together, a stolen opportunity. I remember it with such clarity. You said, ‘I had no idea intimacy could be so, so exciting or satisfying. I have never experienced that intensity nor the physical...