VictoireParis, 1940. A woman in a red hat and a black fur coat hurries down a side street. She is Mathilde Carr, codenamed 'the cat', known as Agent Victoire. She is a charismatic spy; her story is one of resistance and survival. These are the darkest days for France, half occupied by Nazi Germany, half run by the collaborationist Vichy regime; and dark days for Britain isolated and under threat of invasion. Mathilde and her Polish conspirator, Roman

as they leave the safety of their village and embark on a quest to save Roland's mum from the White Warlock

A lost soul who boiled his pasta in the kettle

For anyone just about to embark on a life in the country

money and sex

stress and anxiety ever more common

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crisp blue sky mornings when the light through your window is just right

but could these brutal acts of violence be related

of stardom's wobbly ladder and fame's Faustian pact

reproduces privilege down the generations