I Want What I Want'I want what I want not what other people think I ought to want' Roy Clark insists to all those who attempt to help him: to the psychiatrist at the mental hospital in which he briefly finds himself; to his baffled but affectionate sister, whose clothes he has stolen; to his father, who is appalled that he has produced such a son. For Roy Clark wants to be Wendy Ross. When a small legacy enables him not to have the operation on which he has set his

Population and Water

*Local Insight: Surfer and adventurer Stuart Thornton shares his passion for the state's best secluded beaches quirky pit stops and mountaintop vistas

Though she stumbles and strains against social conventions Evie remains a strong yet sensitive observer of the world around her often finding beauty and meaning in unexpected places

'Mesmerising' M

he improvises ingenious ways of outwitting the authorities

Yet they were also fascinated by imperial intrigue and were eager to play a modern rematch of the "Great Game" the nineteenth-century struggle between Britain and Russia for control over central Asia

For months

author of The Last Story of Mina Lee

formed one of the most successful comedy duos of all time

Amazingly detailed and accurate illustrations bring the prehistoric era to life

David Rowan

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