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Why crime fiction is obsessed with suburbia

From Sherlock Holmes to Gone Girl, crime writers have long exploited the underbelly of the seemingly safe suburbs

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Dancing, singing, the Queen Mother twirling and a bishop so sozzled on dry martinis he could hardly say Grace When an invitation to Royal Lodge, really WAS the hottest ticket in town!

Nestling in Windsor Great Park, Royal Lodge is no longer the house of joy it was in former times, particularly during the long years of the Queen Mother s widowhood.

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The late Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman thought the haberdashery department of Peter Jones in Sloane Square an ideal place to see out Armageddon, as “nothing unpleasant could ever happen there”.

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Why are writers obsessed with Tunbridge Wells?

Tunbridge-Wells, in Kent, England, is almost a punchline in today’s culture – but why do so many books reference the town?

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Teddy bears focal point of exhibition at Oxfordshire Museum

Teddy bears focal point of exhibition at Oxfordshire Museum
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