Dec 14, 2020
Charlie and Deborah Swift (Past Encounters; The Occupation) discuss Brief Encounter at Carnforth, the experiences of prisoners of war at the time and once back home, the real life story of a Jersey woman who hid her Jewish friend, and reactions to the death of the last woman in Britain to be given capital punishment.
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BBC Radio 4's The Poetry Pharmacy
BBC's People's War website
The Long March
Article about Dorothea and Hedwig
when the former was nominated for an Israeli honour
A video about Carnforth station in the context of Brief Encounter and subsequent tourism
Deborah's books set in the 1600s, in the order of
publication:
The Lady's Slipper
The Gilded Lily
A Divided Inheritance
Shadow On The Highway
Spirit Of The Highway
Lady Of The Highway
Pleasing Mr Pepys
A Plague On Mr Pepys
Entertaining Mr Pepys
Question Index
01:01 You write poetry?...
03:25 You used to work as a costume and set
designer - what productions did you work on?
04:23 Did this work influence any of your
stories?
13:18 Past Encounters: who came first, Peter or
Rhoda?
17:35 (Carnforth Station's cafe and museum)
19:30 What was the reception of prisoners of war
when they came home?
21:32 Tell us about Lamsdorf
25:36 Why was it important to include mentions of
the trial of Ruth Ellis?
35:45 The Occupation started out as two
novellas?...
37:59 (About the inspiration for Celine and
Rachel's story)
39:08 Rachel's quite a particular character - what
were your thoughts when you were creating her?
41:00 Would you say Rachel's story, post-ending,
would mirror Hedwig's?
42:46 The ending is perhaps unexpected - how did
you come to write it?
44:40 Tell us about The Lifeline
Purchase Links
Past Encounters:
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Waterstones
The Occupation:
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Amazon Canada
The Lifeline:
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Amazon Canada
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