Valentine #20 January 1968

Les and his girlfriend face disapproval from older generations who don’t understand their relationship. Yet on the day of their wedding, the divide between their worlds begins to fade.

In a quiet moment of reflection, Mac recalls how his mother’s insistence on piano lessons—meant to steer him away from snookers—unexpectedly paved the way for a chance encounter that changed everything. When he’s asked to join the Small Faces, the boy who once dreamed of cue sticks finds himself stepping into a new kind of spotlight.

In "Chained to a Memory," Charles Manning grapples with guilt after confessing to Claire Balby that he and his late wife, Dimity Charlton, fought bitterly—especially on the night she died, just after leaving him to go out with the publisher's son.