The main protagonist in my novel, My Counterfeit Self, is Lucy Forrester, a political poet and activist. Having been anti-establishment all of her life, she’s horrified to find that she’s been featured on the New Year’s Honours list. Her inclination is to turn it down. But what if it’s an opportunity… WB Yeats said that…
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Written on March 19, 2026 at 4:13 pm, by Jane Davis
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