Ptarmigan and Psillies Earlier this year Penguin Random House (PRH) reprinted a couple of books by PG Wodehouse redacting some words in general use when the books were written but that have now become offensive to some people. Not to me, as it happens.
The Humbling Lot of Mortality Life’s never perfect. I have been up North for a few days staying with friends and, can you believe it, the lanyard is broken on their flagpole.
What Ho, Haggis This is the first edition of the first book by Clarissa Dickson Wright, published in 1996 when she was thirty-nine.
King Freddie The new illegal immigrant Hotel is coming along well and should be ready to receive “guests” arriving in the summer dash across La Manche next year.
Doing the Splits If you hold shares in a personal favourite of mine, Personal Assets, you are in for a big surprise on Monday.