Richard Dobbs
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The Waiting Room
The vertical blinds tapped against the open window, casting striped patterns on the floor that sharpened and faded with the passing cloud. Lizzie...
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On the Trail of the Foxglove
A tale of love and retribution.
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Gibson's Lesson
A young, idealistic schoolteacher in the 1960s faces a challenge.
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The Homecoming
A tale of estrangement, loss and hope.
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Sunrise
Over 300 British and Commonwealth soldiers were executed on The Western Front during the First World War, most for 'cowardice' or 'desertion in the face of the enemy'. Yet in spite of what we have long known about PTSD, and the fact that some of the victims were too young to have been serving in the army, successive governments refused to issue a blanket pardon for them until 2006. Their convictions, however, have never been quashed, which means their 'offences' remain.
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