Editors Gail Pirkis and Hazel Wood Marketing and bookshops Stephanie Allen The staff Jennie Paterson, Alarys Gibson, Richard Conyngham

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Emily Burningham studied at Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design. Her design business was established in 2005 and now produces textiles and stationery. For more details and examples of her work visit www.emilyburningham.com

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From the Editors

A Personal Landscape • andy merrills

Too Much of a Good Thing • oliver pritchett

Little Boys Lost • annabel walker

Tilting at Windmills • simon humphreys

Mountain, Sea and Storm • christopher robbins

Time Travel • elisabeth ingles

Love Letters to Italy • david gilmour

On the Randy Again • william palmer

Strolling about on an Elephant • roger hudson

How Homer Taught Me to Read • adrian thorpe

A Rare Veld-flower • john conyngham

Ghosts in the Dust • hugh farmar

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