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In the early 1900's, Brookhants students Flo and Clara fell madly in love, brought together by their obsession for a scandalous memoir. A few months later they were found dead in the woods, after a horrific wasp attack, the book lying next to their intertwined bodies.
As riotously funny as it is painfully moving, this is a novel about disappointment and yearning; about parenting and growing up; and the search for love, meaning and connection.
The 2015 election result was a disaster for progressives in British politics, delivering a majority Conservative government at Westminster. And the outlook for the next election is not auspicious either, particularly amid the aftershocks of the momentous 2016 EU referendum result and with possible boundary changes in the offing
Local Artist Giaco Brings his collection of work that has been created in homage to the Italian surrealist artist Modigliani. Drawing on his own Italian roots, Giaco’s portraits represent the life of Modigliani in a series of paintings, drawing inspiration from Modigliani’s style and subject Matter.