Old Mrs Beams drives her daughter-in-law to desperate, grim measures, hoping to inherit her house

Marion, an avid reader of thrillers, finds herself involved in a real-life mystery. Her reactions provide plenty of comedy in a play that keeps the audience guessing to the end.

A charade in three scenes, each running for 20 minutes; the first two scenes can be performed separately. In the first, Happy Birthday! Mother is celebrating her eightieth birthday, and her future plans provide a surprise ending and leave her three daughters gasping. In A Piece of Cake Annie's quiet birthday celebration is disturbed by two suspicious visitors. In Welcome to the W.I.! chaotic events during a birthday meeting of the Women's Institute or Guild appall a prospective new member.

Preface by David Crystal. Presents brief biographies of 65 index-makers since the 15th century. Outlines the history of indexing groups and societies to 1995

It provides an interesting picture of the interface between the amateur and professional stage immediately after the Second World War, with the list of her parts from 1947 to 1958 demonstrating the variety of shows staged by the companies she appeared with. As well as personal recollections of her performances, there are her own reminiscences of being a film extra, the recording of a play, appearing as a contestant in TV panel games, together with short extracts from her writing, much of which was tailored for women's groups.- from Theatre Notebook Volume 60 Number 1, 2006

... a book of sketches, nine in total, all of them amusing and all of them very short ...- Tregolwyn Book Reviews

The story of how a son on his way to a musical theatre career -- takes over the family garage as a children's theatre-- fills the house with recording equipment and touring actors in sleeping bags-- casts a production of The Rocky Horror Show from home-- tours the Continent in the rock musical, Hair-- settles as an impresaro in Vienna while his mother was compiling indexes, writing books and articles and editing learned journals.

The Virgin in the Garden / Still Life and Babel Tower / A Whistling Woman

Thirteen essays by different authors on the theme of the Anglo-Catholic Church in the life and work of the novelist Barbara Pym, considering clergymen and their ways, clergy wives, celibacy, Victorian hymns, London churches, and the dangerous lure of Roman Catholicism.

a selection of entries from Hazel's 1949 diary ... represent a valuable historical document as well as being entertaining to read. - Tregolwyn Book Reviews