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Tap tap tap… The sound pulled Judy away from thoughts such as ‘What am I doing here?’ and ‘Is it too late to go back?’ Back to her old life. Back to before all of this. Could something be exciting and

BEHIND THE BIG CRIME

Dim the lights, turn off your phones and get your coughing out of the way – because the performance is about to begin. Performance cleaning, that is. The kind you do when people are coming to visit an

I WAS lonely. Papa was a preacher and we lived and travelled in a painted wooden wagon, pulled by Jessie, a large and docile shire horse. We had few possessions; there was no room for what Papa called