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Cover illustration: Howard Phipps, Downs in Winter, wood-engraving. Howard Phipps is a painter and printmaker with a special interest in wood-engraving, a medium in which he is now acknowledged as a leading exponent; the British Museum acquired twelve of his engravings for its collection in 2009. For further information he can be contacted on 01722 718294, and more of his work can be seen at the Rowley Gallery, 15 Kensington Church Street, London w8, and on their website: www.rowleygallery.co.uk.

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From the Editors

Happy Ever After • daisy hay

Something Always Turned Up • huon mallalieu

The Child on the Beach • sue gee

Essential Baggage • john julius norwich

Cheers! • geoff brandwood

Behind the Privet Hedge • juliet gardiner

Feline Philosophy • anne boston

Tips about Icebergs • sara wheeler

No Swotting . . . • antony wood

Uncomfortable Truths • diana athill

Besieged by the Sea • ariane bankes

Lighting a Candle for Poetry • hazel wood

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