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The Book That Changed my Life
by Maggie Richell-Davies, guest author on Not In The Script
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August 2023
The Book that Changed my Life (3) Daniel Colter
Continuing my series on Really Interesting Authors inspired by literature
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The Book That Changed My Life (2): Douglas Jackson
I’ve got this feeling that Not In The Script (NITS) has stumbled on a game-changer – challenging really interesting writers to come up with one book…
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The book that changed my life
... and some that make you laugh out loud
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July 2023
Past and Present
Just down the road from chez nous there’s ancient Iron Age burial site on top of which lies a Roman settlement. On top of these is mostly open ground…
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Wolf Brother
This is a chapter I wrote this morning. It is about a wolf named Bratir – ‘brother’ in ancient Gaulish – so named because the pup was found by a…
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A friendship to be valued
Introducing Val Penny, who turned a dark time into a prolific writing career
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June 2023
April 2023
J. Caesar was ‘ere
Could digging up the past reveal an island’s link to the conqueror of Gaul?
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Digging up the past
A small island is about to offer up its secrets...
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March 2023
Mind games and pillow talk
I recently wrote a short story set in 39BC a week before Rome signed a pact with the Sicilian pirate Sextus Pompey in an attempt to free up grain…
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It’s festival time again!
Why a tiny island leads the way in historical writing
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