Squashed-fly biscuit
A hard, flat, rectangular British biscuit formally called ‘Garibaldi’, we called them ‘squashed-fly biscuits’ because of the tiny dark currants that...
Trim, trig and tickety-boo
Came across the upright word 'trig' in another of Arthur Ransome's charming children's adventure stories, Winter Holiday, which I read...
Chatteration
'Again there was a sudden chatteration of gulls.' Â A fine description of the confabulations of sea-gulls when they get...
Now we are six
As we approach the 6th birthday of WritingRedux, I've cast my mind back to the year I turned six and...
Splatchers
‘Splatchers?’ said Roger.  ‘Splatchers,’ said the boy. ‘For walking on the mud.’  ‘Gosh!’ said Roger. ‘Like snowshoes?’
When these children...
Sky-breaking storms
Another wet weather image.  We have a single-slope roof which makes the rain sound an inch above one’s head, and...
Reed-fringed banks
An image of lazy summer afternoons messing about on rivers.
Source: Arthur Ransome, Coot Club (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009 (1934)),...
Podcast review – Elizabeth Goudge’s Little White Horse
Listening time: 13 minutes. One of my top two children's books of all time, I first read Elizabeth...
Sea-boot rough
Winter sea hoarseness and tight-swallowing soreness.
...‘My throat’s as rough as the inside of a sea-boot.’
Most reprehensible
This charming exchange is from a favourite children's book, discovered and devoured when already a so-called grown up.
I liked...
A waste of an island
Wonderful notion this, from one of the best of Ransome's enchanting children's books. Of course if you land on an...
Leadership as multi-tasking
You get to steer the ship because you can handle multiple tasks at once. Here, John demonstrates his leadership skills:...
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