The setting for this, the third novel by Dorothy Whipple Persephone have published, is Saunby Priory, a large house somewhere in England which has seen better times. We are shown the two Marwood girls, who are nearly grown-up, their father, the widower Major Marwood, and their aunt; then, as soon as their lives have been described, the Major proposes marriage to a woman much younger than himself - and many changes begin.'"The Priory" is the kind of book I really enjoy', wrote Salley Vickers in the "Spectator", 'funny, acutely observed, written in clear, melodious but unostentatious prose, it deserves renewed recognition as a minor classic. Whipple is not quite Jane Austen class but she understands as well as Austen the enormous effects of apparently minor social adjustments...Christine is a true heroine: vulnerable, valient, appealing, and the portrait of her selfless maternal preoccupation, done without sentiment and utterly credible, is one of the best I have ever come across. The final triumph of love over adversity is described with a benevolent panache which left me feeling heartened about human nature...A delightful, well-written and clever book'.

The complete series 1-7 of the medical comedy following the trials and tribulations of the staff at Gillies Hospital, where the sharp-tongued Sheila Sabatini (Nichola McAuliffe) presides as senior surgeon. Series 1 episodes are: 'The Lecture', 'The Locum', 'Joyce's Ulcer', 'The Country, Right Or Wrong', 'Fame' and 'Sammy Eldridge'. Series 2 episodes are: 'Cold Cuts', 'The Copeland Affair', 'Educating Daniel', 'Doubting Thomas', 'The Phone Call', 'The Garden Party' and 'Something in the Air'. Series 3 episodes are: 'The Holiday Job', 'Only a Roach', 'Making News', 'The Folks On the Hill', 'Close to the Edge', 'The Earth Trembles' and 'The Rover's Return'. Series 4 episodes are: 'The Mating Game', 'Joyce's Little Turn', 'The Son Also Rises', 'Oh Happy Day!', 'The Fence' and 'Wanderlust'. Series 5 episodes are: 'Congratulations', 'Sheila's Baby', 'The Right Man for the Job', 'A Marvellous Opportunity', 'Trial By Fury', 'You Won't Feel a Thing' and 'Moan, Moan, Moan'. Series 6 episodes are: 'Yes Or No', 'The Morning After', 'Daniel's Stunt', 'The Deaf Sentence', 'The Midnight Bugler', 'On the Rebound', 'Hot Gossip', 'Cost-Cutting Exercises', 'Reunion Night' and 'For Richer, for Poorer'. Series 7 episodes are: 'Driving It Home', 'Rhyme or Reason', 'All Pull Together', 'The Silence of the Haslams', 'The Walkout', 'Kicking Against the Pricks' and 'Administrator of the Year'.

This book describes the first 75 years of the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, written in inimitable style by the man who knew it best: David Conville, who has run the Theatre since 1962. It includes a foreword by Judi Dench.