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Monthly Archives: February 2018
The Hand of Hackney: Alan Hackney, the forgotten novelist.
The Hand of Hackney Alan Hackney, the Forgotten Novelist ______________________________ From life in the wartime British Army (Private’s Progress, 1954), through to the New Towns of the 1960s (Let’s Keep Religion Out of This, 1963, filmed as Heavens Above) and … Continue reading
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