The twins are in bed when it happens. They hear a sound like a wet cabbage hitting the wall. Then a clattering on the roof tiles. Followed by a tapping at the window. It’s a girl called Hilary....

Veterinary surgeon Clara Benning is young and intelligent, but practically a recluse. Disfigured by a childhood accident, she lives alone and shies away from human contact wherever possible. But...

The 07.44 train from Brighton to London. Carriages packed with commuters. One woman occupies her time observing the people around her. Opposite, a girl applies her make-up. Across the aisle, a...

‘Do you know who I am?’

Holly had never really thought about it. But then her internet friend Zed asked her name, and a mysteriously familiar man started driving around asking...

There are lots of birds living by the lake in Deanswood Landscape Gardens but Archie, a chick hatched out by a duck, can’t find anyone who looks like him. It’s so lonely being the odd one...

Toby can’t remember a time when he didn’t live at the seaside hotel. Left there as a baby, he’s grown up without many friends. One windy day, he’s sent down to the beach to look for...

A BBC Radio 4 drama by Hugh Costello, about some gripping events at the Vatican.After the short reign and mysterious death of Pope John Paul I, the election of a new Pope takes place in an...

Holly is done with social workers and key workers and secure units, she's done with reviews and rules and reports and she's done with foster parents. She's ditching her old life as Holly Hogan and...