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Gianfranco Mancini is 7% done

‘Where am I?’ says Sophie as Carol takes her hand and helps her to step out of the bath onto a mat. ‘I already told you, silly,’ says Carol with mock sternness. ‘Withered Hill. You’re in Withered Hill. Where you belong.’

— May 04, 2026 12:14PM

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Gianfranco Mancini is 4% done

On the front page is a picture of children enjoying themselves at a summer fun day, beneath which a headline sits uncomfortably about a paedophile being jailed. Not news from Withered Hill, of course; from the bigger villages and towns further along the valley. There is never any news from Withered Hill in the papers.

— May 04, 2026 01:28AM

Gianfranco Mancini is starting

As I were going up Withered Hill With night-time coming soon I met a man under the trees Whiter than the moon He smiled at me and stroked my hair I were frit for my life He showed his teeth and smiled and said, ‘Owd Hob wants a wife’ Pennine Lancashire playground rhyme, circa nineteenth century