Little thread of unravelling
This morning I went to a community special school which I often go to. I wasn't very prepared so I read them The Skull by @burstofbeaden It turned into one of favourite mornings. The children - usually v distractible - sat rapt, occasionally making guesses at where the story would go ...

I have various things to say about this article ..

https://twitter.com/AmandaPCraig/status/1601864866972696577

People moan about celebrity authors but the reason publishers turn to big names is that there is ZERO national converation about children's books.

Remembrance Day Thread:
In my mid twenties I was privileged to make the acquaintance of an elderly gent who had celebrated his 21st birthday during the Battle of the Somme. He’d worked all his life with dray horses on the docks and canals. He was always immaculately turned out and wore a bow tie to church. A dandy and a flirt, I used to take him shopping and to mass ...

The cacophony of crows grew so intense this morning I had to look out. The conker tree was FULL of corvids - crow, magpies, a jay - looked like Hitchcock was filming the Nogbad Biopic. What were they screaming at? A young fox. They hounded it out of the garden and into next door, then next door but one and then back again. Twice.