Died sadly, Fungus the Bogeyman was a childhood favourite, it doesn't get mentioned often but sits just right,the snowman was too twee and when the wind blows too serious.
Gentleman Jim was a favourite as a child and still is now. Pathos is one of those words I never truly know the meaning of but pretty sure it applies to this book in some way.
The Snowman may be twee but thousands (millions?) love it, although maybe more as a film than the original book. No one has mentioned another of his more political books - The Tin Pot General and The Old Iron Lady, wonder who that was about ?
The animated film of Ethel and Ernest, his bittersweet story of his parents' life and the social changes they witnessed, was on BBC last night. I thought it was stunning.
Lorraine McCall began her attempt today at a continuous, self-powered round of the Grahams, a four-month tour of upland Scotland combining walking and bikepacking. If successful, she'll be the first person that we know of to do it.
