A package falls from the skies. What stirs within it for you? Read the label, open the pack and enjoy your wish come true!
Make fun of magic: Make magick fun. Magick was made to be fun: if something... More > isn't fun, it probably isn't magical at all. Don't worry, be happy and worship your cargo ever after! Materialize whatever you wish for in minutes with the Cargo Worship of the RTRRT.< Less
A package falls from the skies. What stirs within it for you? Read the label, open the pack and enjoy your wish come true! Make fun of magic: Make magick fun. Magick was made to be fun: if something... More > isn't fun, it probably isn't magical at all. Don't worry, be happy and worship your cargo ever after! Materialize whatever you wish for in minutes with the Cargo Worship of the RTRRT.< Less
In 2011, Adam Lowe and Sue Shaw led Barnsley Young Writers in exploring the collections at Wentworth Castle and Cannon Hall in Barnsley. Their task: to tell the stories of plant collectors and... More > gardeners, colonialists and sailors, flowers and fruit in their movements to and from Barnsley. Precious Cargo was an exploration of our ties to the world and to the past, commissioned as part of London 2012’s Cultural Olympiad programme in Yorkshire. Here is a selection of their best poems, in print for the first time.< Less
Synopsis
This story is an alternative account of the reported sinking of the ship S.S. Politician in 1942. The ship was loaded with cargo destined for Barbados as the personal possessions of Edward... More > Prince of Wales and Mrs. Simpson. The Secret Service did in fact scupper the ship and many artefacts and valuables were unloaded from the ship prior to it being sunk. They were then stored in the crypt of a house on a large estate near Oban in Scotland and generally forgotten about until 2002 when they came to light and the establishment in London decided that they should be moved south. Word of this leaked out to a group of Scottish politicians who decided to employ a well known figure in the criminal fraternity to intercept the treasure and keep it in Scotland. He then put his team together which included some mercenaries and two of his old associates whose primary function was to be the fall guys should anything go wrong.< Less
Set in the mid 1700's, kidnappers infest the south coast of England. Young Becky must disguise herself as the new cabin boy to escape the rogues. How can she rescue kidnapped children at the same... More > time save herself from the clutches of the man with the scarred hand and the evil Wisdom Brood?.< Less