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  • Location: Barcelona

The South

1950s: Colm Tóibín’s first novel vividly evokes the Barcelona of the exile, as a young Irish woman starts a new life in the city.

  • Location: London

The Hourglass Factory

1912: Suffragettes, Emily Pankhurst, a mysterious hourglass factory, a female roving reporter and the world of the circus freaks…oh and a murderous plot too

  • Location: Berlin

Emil And The Detectives (Berlin)

1919 – 1933 – (Weimar republic) – Emil is only young and lives with his mum. But he leads a double life…

  • Location: Gloucestershire

The Girl in the Photograph

1890s, 1930s: Even the title is mysterious – just who is the girl in the photo? We wanted to know straight away!

  • Location: Jakarta

The Year of Living Dangerously

1960s: A vivid account of Indonesia under Sukarno’s rule and the journalists who go there to find out. Also a 1982 film starring Mel Gibson.

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White City

1952: An elaborate midnight heist, the biggest robbery in British history.

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