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Ferny Bank Offered Women a Break from Urban Life – and Men

On May 21, 2013, in Guest Writers, Peter Carroll, by Peter Carroll

The Skinner sisters were very aware of the difficulties given to their sex and aimed to do their bit to help the plight of underprivileged women everywhere. By giving women the opportunity to breathe in the proclaimed healthy air of Torbay and a jolly good holiday break at reasonable cost, their reputation grew through mentions in newspapers, magazines articles and advertisements directed to women nationwide.

Farming out babies – Essay by British Author Peter Carroll

On May 6, 2013, in Guest Writers, Peter Carroll, by Peter Carroll

Women like the ruthless Charlotte Windsor ran a contemptuous business in taking in young children and babies for the sum of 3s a week, she ‘farmed’ out her own son having first resisted Mrs Winsor’s offer to smother him, but when she was unable to keep up her payments she stood by and watched Mrs Winsor smother her baby and wrap his naked body in an old newspaper.

A Delicate Truth, A New Thriller by John le Carre

On May 1, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

A Delicate Truth opens in 2008. A counter-terrorist operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted on the British crown colony of Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, a private defense contractor who is also his bosom friend, and a shady American CIA operative of the evangelical far-right.

Good and Bad Things About Mobile Cell Phones – Thoughts by Author Peter Carroll

On April 15, 2013, in Guest Writers, Peter Carroll, by Peter Carroll

Once upon a time soap writers invariable derived many if their plots from general conversation, but nowadays it is so very much easier given the ever growing popularity of the mobile phone.

Robert Kett, Unsung Hero of the Past – An Essay by British Author Peter Carroll

On March 31, 2013, in Guest Writers, Peter Carroll, by Peter Carroll

I am enthralled by English Tudor history and researching for my new book is no mean task. Like the subject of my first book, Queen of Misfortune namely; Lady Jane Grey, Robert Kett’s demise was the result of injustice.

The Start of a New Book I May be Calling “Kett’s War” by British Author Peter Carroll

On March 25, 2013, in Guest Writers, Peter Carroll, by Peter Carroll

In his research of that time, Moyer discovered a man of outstanding integrity, a man who devoted his later life to fight for justice despite the odds. His name was Robert Kett.

Dorothy Elmhirst and Dartington, Devon – Essay by Author Peter Carroll

On March 7, 2013, in Guest Writers, Peter Carroll, by Peter Carroll

Dorothy Elmhurst was the remarkable woman who seems almost to have been forgotten, who, with her husband Leonard, created the Dartington estate we know today. Born in 1887, she was the daughter of the multi-millionaire William C. Whitney, and was related by family marriage to the Vanderbilts.

The Chessington, Surrey Zoo Evacuation – An Essay by British Author Peter Carroll

On March 3, 2013, in Guest Writers, Peter Carroll, by Peter Carroll

In England, Reginald Goddard had built up a fine collection of animals for display in his Chessington, Surrey zoo. He was a millionaire, a man of great charm and personality and had the gall to influence Southern Railway to build a special railway station just a mile away from the zoo to encourage Londoners and those who lived in the Home Counties to come visit his unique zoo.

A Deniable Death, The Latest Thriller From British Author Gerald Seymour

On February 24, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

A page-turning thriller of life and death in the moral maze of the post-9/11 world from the international bestselling author and “best spy novelist ever” (Philadelphia Inquirer). With A Deniable Death, Gerald Seymour expertly explores the moral compromises of the secret world upon which we rely for our everyday security – and the amazing reserves of courage which ordinary people can find in extraordinary circumstances.

Our Blitz – An Essay by British Author Peter Carroll

On February 15, 2013, in Guest Writers, Peter Carroll, by Peter Carroll

It was early evening when in November 1940 when The Blitz (from German, “lightning”) was at its height and the Luftwaffe carried out strategic bombing of the United Kingdom during the Second World War and I was made abundantly aware that my family and I were in terrible danger of being blown to bits in a split second.