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If anyone knows of any spares going today DM me please. Got one, potentially need 3 more - not fussed where they are. Any help appreciated. Cheers blues.

Currently reading 'Fall of Giants' by Ken Follett. Set against the backdrop of WW1 it connects several people throughout the conflict, and addresses the issues of class, nationality and political ideology. It also goes some way to contemplating the major political changes of the twentieth...

Watched this last night and it was very loosely based on the book. Still a bit clean for me but wasn't terrible, in fact I quite enjoyed it from an entertaining point of view. In response to above, 1356 is similar to the grail quest but involves another 'holy relic' and a bit of a chase around...

Yep that's unfortunately exactly what I mean there's some excellent descriptions in the book but they were not translated to the screen. That and the way the story had been edited was a big let down for me. Enjoyable show and as I said watchable, but completely different and far inferior from...

Yep its a sequel, set in Kingsbridge but 150 or so years later. It centres around the rebuilding of the cathedral after a collapse, the hundred years war and the black death.

Having read both the above books I can thoroughly recommend Ken Follett's historical work. As a student of historical architecture his depictions and analysis of building work in the middle ages are well researched and the stories he weaves are compelling. The way he paints corruption, religion...

Been lurking for a while but this has caught my attention. Originally from Stour Road but have been studying in Portsmouth for a year, happily this coincides with a week I've booked off from tomorrow to come home so will be giving this a go. Been up there for a couple of games in the past -...