Radio LifeWhen Lilly was first Chief Engineer at The Commonwealth, nearly 50 years ago, the Central Archive wasn't yet the greatest repository of knowledge in the known world, protected by scribes copying every piece of found material and disseminating them by Archive Runners to hidden off site locations for safe keeping. Back then, the world was still quiet, because Lilly hadn't yet found the Harrington Box. But times change. 14 days ago the Keepers chased

A fascinating and hilarious gallop through 20th-century British history

and spanning most of the 20th century

And since the underlying meaning of 'church' is its people

Venice and New England

and takes pleasure in the most unexpected things

At Auschwitz

together with new genetic evidence

Europe is in turmoil

has turned his attention to the field opposite the house

where people can endure the worst of the world

but her family are more concerned about rushing through her arranged marriage to a man she barely knows

The stories in this collection are about what the characters know and do not know - about themselves