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Herefordshire author Judith Hereford sheds light elderly care

Having witnessed ill treatment of the elderly as a young person in her first job, Herefordshire author Judith Hereford felt compelled to bring the issue to the attention of others.Speaking about her experiences, Judith explained, ‘What I saw was probably mild compared to some of the horror stories we hear today – slapping, neglect and verbal abuse mainly. Our training hospital gave excellent practical instruction on care for the elderly, treating them all as individuals and with dignity and respect. Although I’m sure things have improved, there are still pockets of nastiness within the

Hereford author explores the edges of consciousness in fascinating debut novel.

Ian Murray-Watson takes inspiration from dreaming and consciousness to write first novel.“After many long discussions with a friend about lucid dreaming, consciousness, reality and quantum physics the story for A Stitch in Time was born,” explains Herefordshire author Ian about the inspiration behind his fantasy novel. Ian’s novel focusses on a research project, tucked away in a remote corner of Wales. Unfortunately the scientists are playing with fire and are about to bring about the end of Time itself, and consequently the end of the universe as we know it. The Gods (a coalition

A modern ghost story for Christmas

Christmastime is traditionally the time for the telling and reading of ghost stories. Nick Jones' King’s Cross is a modern-day ghost story, set in Sicily and LondonKing's Cross is a tale of love and obsession, in which Englishman Mark Sutton encounters Beatrice, a beautiful young Cistercian nun, in a medieval convent on a remote mountainside in Sicily, where he is recuperating from a nervous breakdown. They fall in love, but the liaison is doomed. Mark flees back to London, but Beatrice follows him. The story’s dramatic denouement takes place in and around the London rail terminus of the

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