Look at Stony Stratford
A stunning collection of photographs by Alicja Lorenc-Withers taken around the town. 200 pages of images with some text by Bryan Dunleavy. The book is available now, online or from local outlets.
Only on the Hills
Peter Bennet, a boat builder in Cornwall, naively undertakes some unfinished business for a friend, who has just been murdered by a hit man in mysterious circumstances. Before long he finds himself in the midst of the murky world of arms dealing, drug smuggling and working with British Intelligence in Afghanistan. The year is 1982. […]
Flames
When the police investigate the embers of a bonfire on Clunch Hill they discover a charred body. It appears to be that of a local author who has immolated himself using all his unpublished manuscripts to fuel the flames. It appears to be a shocking suicide.Mysteriously, any legacy his son and daughters were expecting has […]
Good News from a Far Country
Inspector Joyce Agate, exiled to Australia after her investigations touch uncomfortably on informationrelating to the death of Princess Diana, is now marriedto Patrick MacNamara, a farmer and former journalist. When he learns of her account he takes up the investigative trail and before long theyareback in England asking more questions that the authorities don’t want […]
Redbrick Revolution
The redbrick town, with neat terraces and streets laid on a grid pattern, was new to rural North Bucks in 1840. 100 years later the railway town of Wolverton, the satellite town of New Bradwell and the Wolverton End of Stony Stratford were largely com-plete. It was a revolution. This book, extensively illustrated by Faye […]
Urgent Copy
When war broke out in 1914 the Wolverton Express was the established local newspaper of choice in the Wolverton area, although the older Bucks Standard from Newport Pagnell still had a following. The printed word was paramount in getting out the local news every Friday. News from the battlefront, as it affected local people, could […]
The River Test
This book is a collection of paintings and sketches, together with commentary, by the artist as he explores the valley from its source near Ashe, to the estuary at Southampton Water.
Newport Pagnell during the First World War
Like every other community in the country the ancient market town of Newport Pagnell was affected by the Great War which began on August 4th 1914. Nobody could have anticipated the change it was to bring about in society and Newport Pagnell was a very different place 100 years ago. In this important book historian […]
StonyStratford during the First World War
In 1914, Great Britain, as it liked to call itself, had enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity and Stony Stratford was not excepted from this general well being. An assassination in far off Sarajevo would hardly seem to disturb that, but it did trigger a series of events that led to Britain entering […]