{"id":35,"date":"2025-05-20T11:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T11:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnogden.co.uk\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2025-07-09T09:34:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:34:28","slug":"classes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnogden.co.uk\/?page_id=35","title":{"rendered":"Paint it Jack"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"35\" class=\"elementor elementor-35\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db0acdf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6db0acdf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cd26e16 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5cd26e16\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63c5d3af animated-fast elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-flex-hero\" data-id=\"63c5d3af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout_preset&quot;:&quot;storytelling&quot;,&quot;primary_button_shape&quot;:&quot;round&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;image_shape&quot;:&quot;sharp&quot;,&quot;box_shape&quot;:&quot;sharp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"flex-hero.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has-shape-sharp shape-type-box ehp-flex-hero has-layout-preset-storytelling\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ehp-flex-hero__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ehp-flex-hero__content-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ehp-flex-hero__intro\">The debut novel by John Ogden<\/p><h2 class=\"ehp-flex-hero__heading\">PAINT IT JACK<\/h2>\t\t\t<div class=\"ehp-flex-hero__ctas-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ehp-flex-hero__image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14a13d17 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14a13d17\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1baa2ce2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-cta\" data-id=\"1baa2ce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout_preset&quot;:&quot;storytelling&quot;,&quot;primary_button_shape&quot;:&quot;round&quot;,&quot;content_alignment&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;content_alignment_tablet&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;content_alignment_mobile&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;image_shape&quot;:&quot;sharp&quot;,&quot;cta_width&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;cta_position&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;box_shape&quot;:&quot;sharp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"cta.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has-shape-sharp shape-type-box ehp-cta has-preset-storytelling\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ehp-cta__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ehp-cta__elements-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ehp-cta__text-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ehp-cta__heading\">\n<\/h2><p class=\"ehp-cta__description\">Tired of his dead-end factory job, Will - a Durham lad - joins the army where he goes to fight in the \u201cWar on Terror\u201d. 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