Richard – The Lyin' ArtRichard Randall is unable to stop himself. He is a compulsive liar. When Wes Higginbottom encounters him and hears some of his lies, he takes an instant dislike to him. After all, why waste time waiting until you get to know someone better, when you can go for a full blown hatred immediately. However, Wes' judgement is soon fully justified as his annoying nemesis causes one upset after another. They both belong to a social group which organises regular events...

This story charts the progress of Mark Barker, who leaves an all boys’ Grammar School in 1965, having absolutely no experience of girls or, indeed, the world as a whole.The scene is set in the first chapter by his amusing recollections of the time he spent at school where the staff were a curious mixture of sadists and perverts. We also get an insight into life in the sixties for a working class family in a small Norfolk town.Mark's first day in his first job is fraught wit...

Theresa Finbow is an author who has taken a cottage in a quiet area of Norfolk while she starts work on her next novel which is to be called Tess of the Dormobiles. Tess, the central character in this new book, is someone who craves adventure, so Theresa seeks to emulate her in order to gain inspiration for her work, but this brings her into contact with Billy, a local farmworker who has a malevolent stare and is reputed to have a violent temper. He has also been implicated in the death of...

Theresa Finbow is an author who has taken a cottage in a quiet area of Norfolk while she starts work on her next novel which is to be called Tess of the Dormobiles. Tess, the central character in this new book, is someone who craves adventure, so Theresa seeks to emulate her in order to gain inspiration for her work, but this brings her into contact with Billy, a local farmworker who has a malevolent stare and is reputed to have a violent temper. He has also been implicated in the...

Mark Barker is in the doldrums. His steady girlfriend has gone away and his beloved car, a Wolseley 1500, has failed its MOT and is rusting away before his eyes. Ti make matters worse, his job is now in jeopardy. He determines to turn his life around.His interest in the lovely Polly seems to be reciprocated but he dithers and fate is once more unkind to him.However, with a reliable new motor and a promising new job, it must surely be just a matter of time before he finds his ...

Mark Barker leaves an all boys' Grammar School in 1965, having absolutely no experience of girls nor the world as a whole.The scene is set in the first chapter by his amusing recollections of the time he spent at school where the staff were a curious mixture of sadists and perverts. We also get an insight into life in the sixties for a working class family in a small Norfolk town.Later, Mark's first day in his first job is fraught with uncomfortable experiences. Every mista...

It's September 1960. Mark Barker has passed his eleven-plus and has followed his brother into Parkside Grammar School for boys. Having two sons at a Grammar School places a huge burden on his working class family and he is already wearing his brother's hand-me-down blazer, while all around him are wearing brand new uniforms.The Headmaster at Parkside likes to run the school with an iron discipline and frequently punishes miscreants with the cane, putting a tremendous fear into this ...

Ralph has been widowed for five years and feels it is at last time to emerge from his long period of lonely grieving for his beloved Alice. With encouragement from members of his family, he explores the world of online dating for the over sixties - and what a variety of ladies he encounters. Each one brings her own little foible that ensures his quest becomes a frustrating and lengthy process. His lack of success convinces him that to restore his former contentment is a hopeless task but h...

It’s September 1960. Mark Barker has passed his eleven-plus and has followed his brother into Parkside Grammar School for boys. Having two sons at a Grammar School places a huge burden on his working class family and he is already wearing his brother’s hand-me-down blazer, while all around him are wearing brand new uniforms.The Headmaster at Parkside likes to run the school with an iron discipline and frequently punishes miscreants with the cane, putting a tremendous fear into this...

Further Off the Mark is the amusing sequel to Off the Mark. In this latest book, nineteen year-old Mark Barker is moving on from his youthful awkwardness, but he is still seeking to expand on his paltry experience of girls of the opposite sex. He pursues and sometimes dates a variety of young women, including the lovely Sandy who shares his love of Soul Music; as does her equally attractive and flirtatious mother, causing Mark much anguish and confusion, but as with most of his encounters,...

Tess has been through a painful divorce and wants to get her life back on an even keel. She is tired of feeling sorry for herself but is not ready to start dating again, so she hires a camper and heads to Dorset to follow in the footsteps of her literary namesake. She doesn't seek wild adventure or excitement; just a little distraction from her humdrum life, but nevertheless, adventure finds her, all centred on the villagers of her first port of call.On her first day in the charmin...

Written 1924-1925 (CW 28)"Because I entered this world with defined soul predispositions, and because the course of my life, as expressed in my biography, is determined by those predispositions, as a spiritual human being I must have existed before my birth. As a being of spirit, I must be the repetition of someone through whose biography mine can be explained. In each life the human spirit appears as a repetition of itself with the fruits of experienc...