Lower Carhullan is a bright and airy country cottage, lying in the ancient market town of Bampton, Cumbria. A rear entrance to the cross passage has alternating jambs and a lintel inscribed 'IL 1729' and a C20 door within a moulded and chamfered and stopped stone surround. Then I discovered that one her novels ‘The Electric Michelangelo’ was shortlisted for the Booker and so I went and got that too. In the light of a comment made by Hall towards the end of this interview, I would probably modify the comment about the framing device – the fact that the novel is supposedly a recovered but corrupted interrogation file (though as others have pointed out, it doesn’t read like that) implies something has happened in the wake of the events of the novel, but doesn’t necessarily imply what. In a side note about nature the use of gorse reminded me of a childhood favourite The Silver Branch (view spoiler) [ but that could be a false memory as maybe they use Broom (planta genista) in that story (view spoiler) [ forgive me, I am London born they are all just plants with yellow flowers to me!

After these encounters, Sister begins collecting information about Carhullan, and especially about its charismatic leader, Jackie Nixon, a mysterious ex-army officer. This suggests the presence of a domestic dwelling of some form, which has been partially incorporated into the extended barn.

This has large red sandstone flags to the floor, a substantial waney ceiling beam and rafters, timber lintels and wooden window seats, a corbelled red sandstone fireplace with timber cupboards to either side. Carhullan, with its private hot tub, is ideal for families or groups of friends with the large open-plan living, dining and kitchen area. com is a distributor (without any obligation to verify) and not a publisher of these comments and responses.

Hall lets us look at the question: at what point do the oppressed take up the tools of the oppressor?To the right of the projecting range there is a lean-to outshut with a single mullioned window and a two-light mullioned stair window. Twice nominated for the Man Booker Prize, she is the award-winning author of six novels and three short-story collections: The Beautiful Indifference, which won the Edge Hill and Portico prizes, Madame Zero, winner of the East Anglian Book Award, and Sudden Traveller, shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction. I don’t know when this accent on beautiful passages and philosophical monologues went up and the focus on the plot went down. Though the novel's futurist vision is fascinating and disturbing, there's a whiff of 1970s radical feminism about Sister and her comrades. This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.