Contents

From the Editors

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Now We’re Shut in for the Night • TIM MACKINTOSH-SMITH

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Funny Side of the Street • MIKE PETTY

The Man Who Read the Land • ANNABEL WALKER

Ancient Worlds • DAVID GILMOUR

Northern Lights • PENELOPE LIVELY

Orkney’s Prospero • CHRISTOPHER RUSH

My First Gethsemane • JOHN SAUMAREZ SMITH

A Passion for Crustaceans • DUFF HART-DAVIS

Voyage in the Dark • PATRICIA CLEVELAND-PECK

The Hand and Mind Together • SIMON BRETT

The Price of Addle Tree • IRMA KURTZ

A Matter of Trust • JILL PATON WALSH

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Friends Reunited • ELISABETH RUSSELL TAYLOR

Unsung Heroes • RICHARD WOODMAN

A Tuft of a Masterpiece • ANTHONY PERRY

O Jackie . . . • EMMA TENNANT

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