Oh gosh, in all this I'd forgotten about the masons. Weirdness.

You've covered everything I didn't get to in my ranting, hahaha (and oh yes, there should have been much more of the band, apart from Louis and the girls they barely got lines). I just wanted to comment to say that Glorious 39 is good because a) it is a lot shorter and b) Romola Garai. It does have some similar themes though, which you'll pick up on as you go through - I saw Glorious 39 ages ago so I was doing it the other way around!