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Three score years and ten
An oblique contribution to my occasional series on the Anglican clergy in twentieth century British fiction, and another from John Wyndham. This time, it’s from his Trouble with Lichen, first published in 1960. Diana Brackley has discovered the secret of living for hundreds of years: it’s all to do with a kind of lichen. She’s…
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The vicar and the Midwich Cuckoos
After an extended break, another post on the occasional series on Anglican clergy in modern British fiction. Today, it is the turn of John Wyndham, and The Midwich Cuckoos, first published in 1957. The Reverend Hubert Leebody is one of the more substantial clerical characters in recent times, and the character functions as a foil…
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