A Pattern of Islands - lovely book by Arthur Grimble who as a rookie civil servant was sent out to administer the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a British colony in1913 (View Post)

Quite good on the ivories though (View Post)

Kes of the Steppes (View Post)

Never heard of the judgement of Solomon? (View Post)

Short supply. A huuge amount of oak went into rebuilding the roof of Notre Dame. Europe's forests, especially France's, may take a long while to recover. On iPlayer "Rebuilding Notre Dame" … (View Post)