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The official, personal website of Alexander Gordon Smith, author of The INVENTORS, ESCAPE FROM FURNACE, The FURY and The DEVIL'S ENGINE

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Attack the Block revision 2

Dracula podcast

Rate a trailer yourself... | British Board of Film Classification

The Misleading Ending of Whiplash

BFI Academy Labs

The Wave: Tim becomes Wenger's bodyguard (clip 6 of 9)

The Lost Boys Revision

The Wave: the first autocracy lesson, part 1 (clip 2 of 9)

Victorian Christmas - Make Your Own Victorian Christmas Cards

Guardsman Tromans Simon Armitage's 'Remains'

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Increase in Fees for Instrumental/Vocal lessons from September 2026

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

E-Safety

Hartismere Family Data Protection Policy and Privacy Notice

Print Exhibition at Wingfield Barns

Summer 2026 Examinations

Hartismere School & Sixth Form College

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

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