Sowerbutt's Cathedral

“Amid the death and destruction, St Paul’s still survives and I have ordered men and machinery to defend it to the last.  The magnificent dome is a symbol of our Empire, I pray that it survives, I fear for morale if it tumbles,” Churchill growled.

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Sowerbutt's Fire

“We must brace ourselves, dear Brendan,” the Prime Minister said. “The heart of the Empire, the ancient City of London, will be no more by daybreak. A wasteland of rubble. A firestorm, the like of which has never been seen before, rages through the narrow streets. It is the Great Fire of London, almost three centuries later but ten times the ferocity."

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Sowerbutt's Diamonds

Nero looked puzzled. “Go on, Bozo. What have you got?” “Diamonds,” his companion said. “Blimey, where did they come from? Haven’t heard of any sparklers being lifted,” Nero asked. “There’s a geezer with a fancy name. He’s called a King’s Messenger, works for the Government blokes. Travels around the place with papers and stuff – on aeroplanes. Hard with the war on, but he goes to Lisbon, Sweden and the States, so he says. He’s got a bloke in Sweden, a Swede like, who has found something called a diamond pipe up in their frozen north. Uncut diamonds, industrial quality.”

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Sowerbutt's Offer

The Brigadier waved the actor to the armchair. “Mr Levy, my friend.” The actor frowned. “Benjamin Le Vay, if you please. Now, if we have finished, I have a pressing engagement.” The slight military man smiled and took two wads of £10 notes from his overcoat pocket. He counted out £500 onto the dressing table. “Cash, no percentage to your agent. Nothing to do with Inland Revenue. More than you earn in a year. Complete the job successfully and there will be more."

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Sowerbutt's Pantomime

The Brigadier was not enjoying the two-hour production of Aladdin for which he had bought a 10/- box ticket. Perhaps it was the hundreds of excited children and their families in the Grand Theatre, Luton, laughing and shouting at the jokes and the twists of the traditional plot. 
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Sowerbutt's Pledge

"General Cabanellas was in his seventies. Despite being a friend of Franco, he had been removed from active command and was feeling left out of it. He fell head over heels for La Arana. When he was killed, Franco got himself into a towering rage – not a pretty sight. I told him that I would sort it out. I know, I know, I should have kept out of it.”

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Sowerbutt's Woman

"There was a Republican woman, a Basque, they called her La Arana, the Spider. Once you were lost in her arms, she killed you," Sowerbutt said. 
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