Arthur Ransome – cover illustrations
If you've been following WritingRedux, you may have noticed a number of pawky playful gems from Arthur Ransome's children's books....
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...
Dull as suet pudding
A charming alternative to ‘dull as ditchwater’.  I also like the last affirmative sentence.
“Your brother is...
Leadership … Daoist style
As you know, a good children’s book has much to teach grown ups and often far more entertainingly than any...
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...
Foreign-going steamship
All the romance and none of the hardship in these three words.
Source: Arthur Ransome, Coot Club
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Lummocks / lummox
Again, this was in a 1930s English classic, though the dictionary says it's American, so perhaps it's still in use. “He’ll...
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...
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