Contents

From the Editors

Return to Arcadia • alberto manguel

A Child in Africa • annabel walker

Desert Wisdom • justin marozzi

I’ll Be Gloria • laurence scott

Of Love and Lentils • robin blake

The Bird Man of Singapore • ralph harrington

Ignatius against the World • michele hanson

You Won’t Look Back • richard conyngham

Potentate of the Polysyllable • john walsh

Artless but not Heartless • patrick welland

Iced Tea and Hospitality • marie e. wicks

From Harry’s Bar to Delhi • tim mackintosh-smith

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