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Becky Brown has selected extracts from the Mass Observation Archives to anthologise the voices of everyday people as they deal individually and collectively with the crisis of the Second World War. The diarists themselves have been selected from every level of society - from warehousemen to widows, soldiers to farmhands, WRENs to architects. The extracts have been chosen to both uplift and to ground, to remind listeners that nothing is new, that everything can be weathered and perhaps even made better. After all, World War II saw the birth of the NHS.

 Classic Cat Stories is an anthology that includes fairy tales and fables from the likes of Rudyard Kipling and Charles Perrault as well as comic tales from Saki and E. F. Benson. Cats, of course, have always had a dark and mysterious side, which is explored to chilling effect by the likes of Edgar Allan Poe in 'The Black Cat'. But above all, we love them, and you’ll find here stories about all kinds of cats that tug at the heartstrings like 'The Man of the House' by Ethel Colburn Mayne and other stories that celebrate their curious ways.  

Becky Perry Brown was married for 54 years to country music legend Jim Ed Brown, member of The Grand Ole Opry for over 50 years and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. While he followed his dream, her dream was to be a professional dancer. She was a model who taught self-improvement and dance classes. Eventually, she followed a dream and opened her own dance studio. For 46 years, young people came and went through those doors, learning ballet, tap, and interpretive dance.