Ginger beer and picnics

At the Telegraph, Melanie McDonagh considers a forthcoming BBC drama-documentary on Enid Blyton, who will be played by Helena Bonham Carter.

(Link courtesy of my father, who also notes of his Kirkcaldy childhood: "I still remember parents' friend Jim Brindle, the County Librarian, passionately refusing to give her shelf-room. Fortunately Miss Luke, the Burgh Librarian, ran her own independent show!")