A Village Called Sin

Sin is rife in the English village of Sinbury.The idyllic village of Computer Sinbury – better known as Sin – has two types of the randy poor and the preoccupied rich. Paul Vanner, for example, can’t make money and love, much to his wife’s chagrin. But for the likes of Toby Beauchamp, in deep trouble for offering sweeteners to the planning office, money can get you into even more trouble than sex.Then there’s Harry Grant, the local journalist, hungry for news. The only trouble is that when a big story breaks, it’s far too salacious to appear in like the atheist vicar and Cathy, his nudist sister; or the golden fertility symbol that mysteriously arrives on her mat. Then there are the new arrivals, Gwenda and Neil Kennedy. They are hoping to find peace and serenity. Instead they find nothing but Sin …‘The beauty of Bellamy’s achievement in this entertaining comedy … is the way he fashions something good out of such ordinary badness’ – Mail on Sunday‘Boisterous, inventive and funny … guaranteed to keep you smiling on the beach (or the village green)’ – ObserverGuy Bellamy was born in Bristol but lived mostly in Surrey. After National Service in Germany with the RAF, he went into journalism and worked on newspapers in Cornwall, Bournemouth, Brighton and Fleet Street including the Daily Express and Sun . He died in 2015.