Adapted from Denise Mia’s novel by the writer and director David Kane, the 1984 miners’ strike is the backdrop for this crime drama. And what a crime it was 84 000 miners then—and then there was none, but that’s a different story. Here it was a simple case of disinformation and the Government using GCHQ to spy on the miners’ leaders and there was a bit of murder thrown in. I like Paddy Meehan (Jayd Johnstone) and Ford Kiernan as her cynical...

Winner of The Guardian First Book award 2005 and it’s easy to see why. I’ve known about this book for a while and it was one of the thousands of must read book that remained unread. If you’ve not read it, read it! Put it to the top of the pile of books you must read. Stuart Shorter was a wee guy with lots of things wrong with him. If I were a social worker I’d say he had “ issues”, but I’m not, so I’ll just say he was completely fucking bonkers...

This is an exciting new development for us - and I hope you like it! Inevitably there are teething problems but we are swiftly getting them sorted out. If you have a problem then it's best to post it on the Forum here: http://www.abctales.com/forum/wed-2013-08-07-1657/please-post-your-glitc... Cheers, Tony