Rumpole and the Primrose Path Rumpole and the Primrose Path Rumpole and the Primrose Path is a light hearted legal comedy, one of six short stories in an anthology by writer John Mortimer. It is the 12th in a series based in part on his own past experiences as a barrister but also notable for their use of themes topical at the time each was published. It begins with the eponymous hero marooned in a nursing home where he feels some shady business is going on. It was later the first episode in a short series of 45 minute radio plays starring real life husband
Helen Bailey of a licensing rights company, John Sinfield. She moved from Clerkenwell to Highgate around the same time. Bailey wrote five books of "teenage angst" in the "Crazy World of Electra Brown" series: "Life at the Shallow End" (2008), "Out of my Depth" (2008), "Swimming Against the Tide" (2009), "Taking the Plunge" (2009), and "Falling Hook, Line & Sinker" (2010). She was nominated for a "Queen of Teen" award in 2010. In "Running in Heels" (2011), she featured a new character, Daisy Davenport. Bailey also wrote books for younger children, including the "Willow the Woodsprite" series, the "Topaz" series, and the