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Edward Alexander Crowley was born on 12th October 1875 to wealthy parents in Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire.He was educated at Malvern College, Tonbridge School, Eastbourne College and finally Trinity College, Cambridge where he focused on his passions of mountaineering and poetry and published several volumes.Life for Crowley was to abandon his parents’ Christian faith and instead to inject himself into Western esotericism. In 1898, he joined the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and was trained in ceremonial magic before studying both Hindu and Buddhist practices in India.On his Egyptian honeymoon in 1904 he claimed contact with an entity―Aiwass―who gave him the sacred Book of the Law which served as the basis for the Thelema religion where he identified as its prophet. During the Great War, which he spent in the United States, he claimed to be working for British Intelligence but by the 1920s he had decamped to pursue a libertine lifestyle in Sicily, and in the ensuing scandals was evicted by the Italian Government.He divided the following two decades between France, Germany, and England, and the continuing promotion of Thelema.During his life he gained widespread notoriety for his drug use, his bisexuality, and his alarming views on society. In short, polite society frowned on his ways, his thoughts and his influence but to many others his stance had much of value. Even after death he was a darling for the 60’s counterculture but his influence has since waned. His literary works were both prolific and covered many topics. In the early part of his career he published many poetry books, even plays, before his darker and more forceful works came to dominate his output.Aleister Crowley died on 1st December 1947 at Hastings in England. He was 72.
Ethel Lina White was born on the 2nd April 1876 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in Wales.Her family were wealthy due to her father’s invention of a waterproofing material used, initially, for the London Underground.Ethel started writing when she was only a child and published essays and poems in children’s papers. She was also a talented artist.As an adult she began to write short stories and, some years later, she started writing novels. At the time she was working for the Ministry of Pensions in London but resigned in order to accept an advance of ten pounds and begin a career as a novelist. It was this determination that helped her become one of the best-known crime writers in the English-speaking world during the 1930’s and 40’s.Perhaps her best-known books are the ‘The Lady Vanishes’ and ‘The Spiral Staircase’ both of which were originally entitled differently but were republished with new names after being filmed. Whilst today she lacks attention, in her day she was as popular and as highly regarded as Agatha Christie.Ethel Lina White died in London on the 13th of August 1944 of ovarian cancer. She was 68.In her will she made a bizarre condition in order for her sister to receive her estate of £5737. It read: "I give and bequeath unto Annis Dora White all that I possess on condition she pays a qualified surgeon to plunge a knife into my heart after death." In life she had a fear of being buried alive.
Edward Alexander Crowley was born on 12th October 1875 to wealthy parents in Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire.He was educated at Malvern College, Tonbridge School, Eastbourne College and finally Trinity College, Cambridge where he focused on his passions of mountaineering and poetry and published several volumes.Life for Crowley was to abandon his parents' Christian faith and instead to inject himself into Western esotericism. In 1898, he joined the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and was trained in ceremonial magic before studying both Hindu and Buddhist practices in India.On his Egyptian honeymoon in 1904 he claimed contact with an entity?Aiwass?who gave him the sacred Book of the Law which served as the basis for the Thelema religion where he identified as its prophet. During the Great War, which he spent in the United States, he claimed to be working for British Intelligence but by the 1920s he had decamped to pursue a libertine lifestyle in Sicily, and in the ensuing scandals was evicted by the Italian Government.He divided the following two decades between France, Germany, and England, and the continuing promotion of Thelema.During his life he gained widespread notoriety for his drug use, his bisexuality, and his alarming views on society. In short, polite society frowned on his ways, his thoughts and his influence but to many others his stance had much of value. Even after death he was a darling for the 60's counterculture but his influence has since waned. His literary works were both prolific and covered many topics. In the early part of his career he published many poetry books, even plays, before his darker and more forceful works came to dominate his output.Aleister Crowley died on 1st December 1947 at Hastings in England. He was 72.
Mary Cholmondeley was born in Hodnet near Market Drayton in Shropshire on June 8th 1859, thethird of eight children. Her father was appointed rector in 1874 in succession to his father. Much ofthe first 30 years of her life was taken up with helping her sickly mother run the household and herfather with parish work, and she herself suffered with asthma.Mary began writing with in her teens. She wrote in her journal in 1877, "What a pleasure andinterest it would be to me in life to write books. I must strike out a line of some kind, and if I do notmarry (for at best that is hardly likely, as I possess neither beauty nor charms) I should want somedefinite occupation, besides the home duties."Mary began by publishing some stories in The Graphic and her first novel 'The Danvers Jewels' adetective story followed in 1887. It was followed by Sir Charles Danvers (1889), Diana Tempest(1893).After her father retired in 1896, she moved with him and her sister Diana to Condover Hall beforeselling it to move to Albert Gate Mansions in Knightsbridge, London.Mary wrote the best seller 'Red Pottage' in 1899. It satirised religious hypocrisy and the conceit ofcountry life. It was denounced as immoral. It also explored female sexuality.During the war she did clerical work in the Carlton House Terrace Hospital. The sisters moved in1919 to 4 Argyll Road, Kensington, where Mary died, unmarried, on 15th July 1925.
When Vale Moonwing is summoned to the Black Tower, she must prepare herself for a
confrontation with the dread warlord Balthus Dire.
"...exactly what you'd want a drama based on the Fighting Fantasy series to be... The tale nails
the feel of the Fighting Fantasy series perfectly" - STARBURST MAGAZINE
Join elven hero Vale Moonwing and adventurer Cassius Stormblade on their quest through the
depths of Firetop Mountain. Can they survive the deadly traps and evade Zagor's army of the
undead? Can they stay alive long enough to confront the dark warlock himself?
"...exactly what you'd want a drama based on the Fighting Fantasy series to be... The tale nails
the feel of the Fighting Fantasy series perfectly" - STARBURST MAGAZINE
When Vale Moonwing returns to Darkwood Forest, he discovers that her old friend, the wizard
Yaztromo, has vanished....himself?
"...exactly what you'd want a drama based on the Fighting Fantasy series to be... The tale nails
the feel of the Fighting Fantasy series perfectly" - STARBURST MAGAZINE
Using forbidden Marrangha magic and the three stolen vapours, the evil sorcerer Zharradan Marr
has created a creature....but for what purpose?!
"...exactly what you'd want a drama based on the Fighting Fantasy series to be... The tale nails
the feel of the Fighting Fantasy series perfectly" - STARBURST MAGAZINE
Adventurers are once again gathering in Fang to participate in Baron Sukumvit's 'Trial of
Champions' and undertake 'The Walk' through Deathtrap Dungeon...but this year the prize has
changed...and the stakes have never been higher!
"...exactly what you'd want a drama based on the Fighting Fantasy series to be... The tale nails
the feel of the Fighting Fantasy series perfectly" - STARBURST MAGAZINE
Lisa Bowerman reads this exciting classic novelisation of a Seventh Doctor TV adventure, the last in the original run of Doctor Who serials. “Attention to detail is a hallmark of this always excellent range” Doctor Who Magazine The Doctor brings Ace home to Perivale. On a summer Sunday it seems the least lively place in the universe, yet mystery lurks behind the calm facade. The members of Ace's old gang have gone away, each of them disappeared without trace. Something is killing the domestic pets of Perivale, and unearthly hoofprints scar the baked earth of the recreation ground. What strange force connects all these events? As Ace herself is transported to a distant planet, it seems that the Doctor may be stepping into a well-prepared trap. Can it be the work of the his old adversary, the Master - and if so, to what end? Lisa Bowerman, who played Karra in the 1989 BBC TV serial, reads Rona Munro’s complete and unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1990.
Lisa Bowerman reads this original novel featuring the Twelfth Doctor, as played in the BBC TV series by Peter CapaldiChristmas 2015, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Imagine everyone's surprise when a time portal opens up in Sydney Cove.
Imagine their shock as a massive pyramid now sits beside the Harbour Bridge, glowing with energy.
Imagine their fear as Cyrrus “the mobster” Globb, Professor Horace Jaanson and alien assassin Kik arrive.
Finally, imagine everyone's dismay when a bunch of con artists turn up to spring their greatest grift yet. This gang consists of Legs, Dog Boy, Shortie, Da Trowel, and their leader, Doc, who is busy making sure the universe isn't destroyed. And when someone accidentally reawakens The Ancients of Time - which, Doc reckons, wasn't the wisest or best-judged of actions things get a whole lot more complicated... A complete and unabridged reading by Lisa Bowerman, who plays Professor Bernice Summerfield in Big Finish's range of audio adventures.
