ON GALLOWS DOWN

From the girl catching the eye of the women of Greenham Common to the young woman protesting the loss of ancient trees, and as a mother raising a family in a farm cottage in the shadow of country houses, this is the story of how Nicola Chester came to write - as a means of protest. In doing so, she discovered the rich seam of resistance that runs through her village of Newbury and its people - from the English Civil War to the Swing Riots and the battle against the Newbury Bypass.