Madeleine

My eyes adored you - Franki Valli and the Four Seasons

So Hard - Pet Shop Boys

Cold Cold Heart - Elton John/Dua Lipa

Cold as Ice - Foreigner

Drive my car - The Beatles

She Drives Me Crazy - Shakin' Stevens

We studied Lord of the Flies at school, I agree it's pretty strong for teenagers, though maybe nowadays it might not have such an impact on more worldly youngsters. I wonder if it comes with "trigger warnings" now.

Crazy for you - Madonna

i imagine a lot of shows from that era will look incredibly dated, but at the time it was how things were.

1984 is one, now of course I can see how prescient it was at the time I read it, early 80s, now of course it would probably seem dated as Orwell's ideas have moved on even further now! But the main reason is that it bored all of us stiff and we nicknamed it 1980bore🙄

Call Me - Blondie

The Things we do for Love - 10cc

Like a Prayer - Madonna

Promised you a miracle - Simple Minds

Second Hand Rose - Barbra Streisand

Who's gonna ride your wild horses - U2

Riders on the Storm - The Doors

Pale Shelter - Tears for Fears

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight - Abba

Midnight at the Oasis - Randy Crawford

The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett/Commitments etc

the Summer Seaside Kitchen by Jenny Colgan - another chick lit disaster for me, I've read a couple of Jenny's books and enjoyed them, and I did realise that I have read the next book in the series, which meant that, of course, I knew what was going to happen. However that initially didn't put me off that much, but unfortunately I just found this one a bit boring, I got halfway through before ditching it which I think is more than a fair chance. Anyway Flora is originally from the remote Scottish island of Mure, she grew up on a farm but became the first in her family to go to university and is now working in London for a law firm, where she has a hopeless crush on her obnoxious, career driven boss, Joel. One day a lawsuit to stop a wind farm being built off the coast of Mure is taken on by the firm, and Flora is despatched to the island to try to find out exactly what is going on, and to smooth things over with the locals. But as she hasn't been back since her mother's funeral, she's not too welcome though her dad and brothers are happy for her to cook and clean for them, which is exactly the life that her mother, much as she loved her family, didn't want for her daughter. So there are lots of digs about "posh London ways" etc, and not much really happens. I'm afraid I just wasn't interested and of course knowing the outcome took out any suspense for me. So unfortunately this one is a DNF.

I knew you were waiting (for me) - George Michael and Aretha Franklin

Must be 2021 census that came on recently. I've never figured out the once removed thing either. I think Jacob would be your second cousin once removed but it gets very confusing.

the 1911 census is the most recent one to come online, not sure if that will help you in your search.