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  • Others regret the “Soul” leaving pubs in Hailsham where custom has dropped 25 % (Express 6.1.08).

    Archive 2008-02-03 Newmania 2008

  • Others regret the “Soul” leaving pubs in Hailsham where custom has dropped 25 % (Express 6.1.08).

    Archive 2008-02-01 Newmania 2008

  • Others regret the “Soul” leaving pubs in Hailsham where custom has dropped 25 % (Express 6.1.08).

    Letter One Newmania 2008

  • One of the most notable aspects of life at Hailsham is the power of the group.

    Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro: Questions 2005

  • What does Hailsham represent for Kathy, and why does she say at the end that Hailsham is “something no one can take away” [p. 287]?

    Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro: Questions 2005

  • Ever so gradually did it let the reader know that a key setting, an English boarding school called Hailsham in the 1970s, was part of an alternate sci-fi universe not unrelated to such classic dystopias as "Soylent Green."

    'Easy A' Aces Comedy (and Hawthorne) 2010

  • Kathy, the woman who narrates the novel, is utterly reliable as she tells her memories of growing up in a strange sort of boarding school called Hailsham, then of becoming a "carer" for "donors" until she eventually becomes a donor herself.

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • Kathy, the woman who narrates the novel, is utterly reliable as she tells her memories of growing up in a strange sort of boarding school called Hailsham, then of becoming a "carer" for "donors" until she eventually becomes a donor herself.

    Never Let Me Go 2005

  • Jacquesson Cuvée No. 734, Champagne, France NV £32.95, winedirect.co.uk; £34.45, Berry Bros & Rudd; £35, Hailsham Cellars; £42, Bottle ApostleThe smaller house of Jacquesson makes a range of champagnes that are characterised by their stunning purity.

    The 10 best Christmas sparkling wines and champagnes 2011

  • Set in an alternate England, in a past/future where human cloning has been perfected, the story focuses on a trio of young people -- first as tweens, then as young adults -- who share a history of living in the boarding school known as Hailsham.

    Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Never Let Me Go Marshall Fine 2010

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