...because I feel there is more I should say.***'Darkmans is really about history,' says Barker, explaining how she came to be fascinated by the 15th-century jester, John Scogin, whose mischievous presence hovers over th…

"There are many imponderables in this life of ours, Gaffar," he murmured, "but one irreducible fact is that people who climb mountains are invariably c*nts." - Nicola Barker, Darkmans.(I laughed hysterically at the above…