26K views · 55 reactions | Could marriage be the way out of an impossible situation? Stream Catherine Cookson's The Round Tower, with excellent performances by Emilia Fox and Ben Miles right at the start of their careers, free on U! | U&Drama | Facebook

On Saturday, experience Catherine Cookson's moving wartime drama, The Cinder Path, brought to life on our stage. With a talented cast of 15 brilliant actors and singers, audiences will be entranced from beginning to end with laughter, tears, a brilliant story and an unforgettable musical score. https://www.palacenewarktickets.com/en-GB/shows/the%20cinder%20path/info | Palace Theatre Newark | Facebook

34K views · 2.5K reactions | Remembering the remarkable author Catherine Cookson born this day back in 1906. Cookson was to become one of the UK most widely read novelists selling over 100 million books, she took her inspiration from her deprived youth in South Tyneside, North East England. Have you read any of her novels? Which was your favourite? | gransnet.com | Facebook