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The first ten stories are set in a fictional, utopian version of York aka Yarwick while the other five are set in York as it was in my younger days. The stories are written to entertain but also to ask you to think about ways this wonderful city could be made even better.
Do you live in a city you love but would like to improve? Or in a dump which is in desperate need of change? What would you do if suddenly you had the power to enhance your environment? The first ten stories in this collection should give your imagination a boost to answer these questions. Set in the author's home city on York, transformed into Yarwick, the tales have ideas for how to set your town on the road to perfection.
Bill Banks is a rough diamond who has his own ideas of how the city should be and is ready to fight anyone or anything that gets in his way.
The collection is completed with five earlier stories set in York, which attempt to give the reader a feel for the atmosphere of this unique city.
The palace has conformed songs from the illustrious career of Andrew Lloyd Fibber will feature at the King's coronation. It is believed the crowning and anointment with oil will be accompanied by the song ‘Don’t Massage me Marge and Tina’, a smash hit for Fibber in 1976. Here is a full list of musicals that will feature, as played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Westminster Abbey.
Andrew and his Amazing Technicolor Alibi (1968)
The hit musical that launched his career, featuring such classic hits as ‘Any Excuse Will Do’.
Jesus Christ Super-injunction (1970)
Not much we can say about that one.
Cats (1981)
In which the lead singer forgets the words to that timeless bittersweet ballad ‘Memory’.
Pizza Express (1984)
A roller-skating spectacular. The audience watch with bated breath, waiting for members of a stellar cast to fall flat on their faces
The Phantom of the Night Club (1986)
Performers stand around, not doing very much and insisting they weren’t sure why they turned up in the first place because nightclubs aren’t really their thing. Features the hit song ‘Nosweat Boulevard’.
School of York (2015)
An ageing rocker is thrown out of his band but lands a job teaching kids. The show closed following complaints.
Sarah Brightman and Paul Chuckle have been booked to sing alongside the King in outlandish sequin costumes. Tickets are available online or from a booth in Leicester Square. Andrew Lloyd Fibber musicals may contain flashing images.
First published 20 Feb 2023
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