The Tale of Tamarisk 1962–2019
Enterprise E 8819
Dad and my sister Alix and I are talking to Jack Holt in Putney. Alix and I have finally hit the wall about Not Having A Boat…
Genius Loci 1957–1960
A memoir
The spirit of the place. Those were the words that jumped into my mind when Marigold asked me to write something about Bullens Lee…
Olivia Fitzroy 1942–1956
A literary appreciation
Reading Olivia Fitzroy’s Stewart family books as a child, I was entranced by the Scottish Highlands…
Who Before Me? 1932–1948
Arthur Ransome books · from Kate Crosby
Another of the pleasures of secondhand books, peripheral to the volume itself, but hugely intriguing, are the extras that often come along too…
Tea
A letter to Trixie · Scottish Borders
You asked about tea in the UK. Here’s one I remember…