I raised my bottle.
‘To the future,’ I said. ‘Whatever that is.’
THE END
Technical Notes
DCI Seawoll is probably too old to have played in the ruins of Volcrepe Mill, since it didn’t stop production until 2003, but it made such an interesting scenario that I’ve decided to bend the laws of time and space. I’m sure Alexander wouldn’t mind.
The aircraft crash sites on the moors are real, too, as was the V1 attack on Manchester.
The London Silver Vaults is a real place and well worth a visit. I spotted some very pretty foxes down there when I visited, and if you need silver, rings, plates, cutlery or just weird statues, it’s definitely recommended. Also, it’s one of those quirky bits of London’s tapestry, like the sadly gone Whitechapel Bell Foundry, that we’re going to lose if we don’t support it.
Acknowledgements
Alas, my Latin and Early Modern Castilian is non-existent, so many thanks to Penny Goodman and Paul White from Classics at Leeds and Simon Doubleday from Hofstra University for their translations. Likewise Mary, for providing the Krio and the recipes that inconvenienced the foxes. I need to thank Andy Ryan for behind-the-scenes help and Clive Hall for architectural advice, as well as Thom Hetherington for a guided tour of Glossop. Thank you to everyone at the Portico Library and the London Silver Vaults. And doubleplusgood thank you to everyone on Twitter who answered my numerous questions no matter how bizarre they were.
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