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Welwyn Garden City author releases new book, 'Broadmoor Asylum'

‘Broadmoor Women’, was written by Kim Thomas, and tells the stories of seven women treated in Broadmoor Hospital.

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Gopika Madhu

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A Welwyn Garden City author has published the first ever account of women’s lives in Broadmoor, Britain’s first criminal lunatic asylum, which was founded in 1863.
Sherry started writing the novel about when the first lockdown had taken place and kept going in all her spare time.

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Hatfield-based novel 'Hypnotic' released by Uni of Herts alumni

Gopika Madhu

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Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury and Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in the first episode of season two of Bridgerton.

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Bridgerton: Who is Kate Sharma in season 2 of Netflix series

Alan Davies

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Colette Moreira-Henocq has been featured in Natasha Kaplinsky’s Letters from Lockdown

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Letters From Lockdown book features Knebworth care home team member

Alan Davies

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Welwyn Garden City library

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Hertfordshire libraries reopen as lockdown restrictions ease

Alan Davies

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Matthew Gordon and David Walliams for Billionaire Boy live on stage publicity shoot

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New date for David Walliams' Billionaire Boy drive-in theatre show

Alan Davies

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Matthew Gordon and David Walliams for Billionaire Boy live on stage publicity shoot

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'Hilarious' drive-in David Walliams theatre show coming to Knebworth

Alan Davies

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Queen Charlotte drinking from a cup in Bridgerton 

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Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte ‘loves gossip’

Alan Davies

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Doctor Zhivago

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Books: Top reads for #stayathome during UK coronavirus lockdown

Alan Davies

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Hoo's Kids Book Fest

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Harry Potter treat at Hoo’s Kids Book Fest Summer Day

Alan Davies

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