She was touring her band’s hit album. Then her body started breaking down

The key that ended up unlocking Liz Stokes’ writer’s block actually had 44 keys. It weighed six kilograms and was made in Britain in the 1950s.

It was a Remington Rand manual typewriter that had been given to Stokes as a present by Ben Sinclair, the bass player in her band The Beths. It ended up being the thing that saved her...