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In a Nottingham cemetery, hidden away from the grandiose tombs of the city’s rich, are the old paupers’ graves. Katherine and her team have been ordered to create an exhibit based around the lives of those unfortunates buried beneath. But the paupers represent part of the city’s history that Katherine…


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I have a bone to pick with you, Mr. Everington! What are you doing stealing my settings for your stories?

It just so happens Paupers’ Graves is set in the city of Nottingham, where I grew up, and uses as its main location Rock Cemetery which was on my route to and from school every day. It’s a fascinating place, not least because it’s not your run-of-the-mill array of graves in a green field. As the name suggests; Rock Cemetery is built around a great rock, creating multiple levels and layers. I had every intention of using it as the…

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