Inverse Square Law

It's just playing at soldiers isn't it? Time to grow up I think.

Much more interesting is this article about a new Arthur Ransome book (which would obviously have our friend in the previous link rendered incapable of intelligible discourse through apoplexy). We are currently nearly finished reading a beautiful new hardback version of Coot Club and wonderful it is too. I was slightly annoyed at the sniffy tone of the article when referring to the Swallows and Amazons books. They are escapism as most novels are so they might not actually be close to the realities of life as lived by most children but the possibility of such a life is closer than for most books. Novels are usually interesting because they are a separate slice of existence. And as regards AR being a double agent, how exciting is that?