Night SoldiersBulgaria, 1934. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His brother, Khristo Stoianev, flees to Moscow where he is recruited into the NKVD, the Soviet secret intelligence service. Warned that he is about to become a victim of Stalin's purges, Khristo flees once again, this time to Paris.

When Nina's mother Hanna was just 20 years old

A common word

'The Secret Lives of Colour' tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades

we meet Eleanor

Lucy Barton

caring for the children and pets caught in the crossfire

So when she receives a phone call telling her that her son's ex-girlfriend has been shot and needs her help

when children wake to see ferns of white stretched across their windows

It is 1999

experience more joy and live what he calls a greater life

a few backstage blunders and encounters some fairly famous faces - the likes of Whoopi Goldberg

When war is declared