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ENGLISH JOURNEY

In 1934, JB Priestley published an account of his journey through England from Southampton to the Black Country, to the North East and Newcastle, to Norwich. In capturing and describing an English landscape and people hitherto unseen, he influenced the thinking and attitudes of an entire generation and helped formulate the formation of the welfare state.

FESTIVAL AT FARBRIDGE

A light-hearted novel which concentrates on a few weeks in the life of a village in England in the period leading up to a summer festival. Published to coincide with the festival of Britain in 1951.

THE GOOD COMPANIONS

Three unhappy characters, Jess Oakroyd, Miss Trant and Inigo Jollifant flee from their old lives to seek adventure on the open road. Fate brings them together and into the presence of a broken-down theatrical touring company. Throwing caution to the winds they save the group and set off on an unforgettable tour of the pavilions and provincial theatres of England.

MARGIN RELEASED

Most know JB Priestley as a writer, but it was his experiences of the Great War which informed much of his work. Though not intended as an autobiography, this is an absorbing personal account of a writer's professional self.