“It was there, among the gooseberry bushes and beneath the medlar trees, that the temptation to the perpetration of a great literary fraud came to him.”
20 September 2018, 4:45 pm
8 minutes 40 seconds
The Cupboard of the Yesterdays
“War is a cruelly destructive thing.”
31 January 2018, 8:00 pm
7 minutes 29 seconds
The Purple of the Balkan Kings
“Luitpold Wolkenstein drank his coffee, but the flavour had somehow gone out of it.”
31 December 2017, 1:45 pm
6 minutes 19 seconds
The Image of the Lost Soul
“There floated up to him, through the noise and bustle of the Cathedral world, a faint heart-aching message from the prisoner in the wicker cage far below.”
30 November 2017, 6:50 pm
13 minutes 50 seconds
Hyacinth
“‘Children with Hyacinth’s temperament don’t know better as they grow older; they merely know more.’”
22 October 2017, 5:20 pm
10 minutes 19 seconds
The Oversight
“‘Intensive bear-gardening was Sir Richard’s description of the whole affair, and I don’t think he exaggerated.’”
11 August 2017, 5:15 pm
12 minutes 54 seconds
The Sheep
“‘I’m afraid I lost touch with the audience rather over that remark,’ said the Sheep afterwards.”
31 May 2017, 1:35 pm
9 minutes 33 seconds
The Occasional Garden
“‘It’s too large to be ignored altogether and treated as a yard, and it’s too small to keep giraffes in.’”
1 May 2017, 12:15 pm
12 minutes 48 seconds
The Seven Cream Jugs
“This particular scion was known by the ignominious and expressive label of Wilfrid the Snatcher.”
30 March 2017, 10:05 pm
11 minutes 36 seconds
Shock Tactics
“‘Don’t forget the jewels. They are a detail, but details interest me.’”
31 January 2017, 9:45 pm
10 minutes 32 seconds
Morlvera
“They were the sort of toys that a tired shop-assistant displays and explains at Christmas time to exclamatory parents and bored, silent children.”