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Ward 9: Coronavirus

Two of the patients in my room were put onto trolleys and taken out, and then two more women wheeled in.  “This is now a Coronavirus ward,” said Susan.  Alys Morgan was admitted to hospital on the 19th of April,…

Booker Prize

Booker Prize Breaking News! The Writers’ Reading Group has been selected to shadow the Booker Prize again for the third time!! We shadowed the International Booker and the Booker in 2018- and absolutely loved reading Vernon Subutex by Virginie Despentes…

Resto a Carlino Newspaper Article

In a well known Italian regional newspaper Resto a Carlino – please see the headline which says: “Relatives find letters of courtship from a POW to their grandmother after 70 years… The Director- Polly wants to transform the story into…

Polly’s Blog on Gualtiero Lenz – 05/10/16

CELEBRATING A STORY OF WW2 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP IN THE WAKE OF BREXIT! Polly Wright, artistic director of Hearth is on a mission to discover more about Gualtiero Lenzi- ex POW who worked on her grandparents’ farm in WW2- and who…