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Because Shelley came up with “Frankenstein” as an 18-year-old newlywed who’d just lost a baby, her message gets boiled down to gender: Women birth life, men mimic it.

But the basic message is compelling: Let nature do its thing.

Mr Cash and Mr Berry communicated using encrypted messaging apps.

At the council meeting, Rosemary Thew, chairwoman of the parish council, said the application should be rejected to "send a clear message that planning processes must be adhered to".

Mark’s messages become incomprehensible and then he disappears, leaving his uncle on the hunt for the boy while trying to make sense of the cryptic missives.