Peter Parker

Messing about on the river

Though he spent 30 years working at the Bank of England, it was the Cookham riverbank of his childhood that enchanted Grahame all his life

issue 24 November 2018

  • Eternal Boy: The Life of Kenneth Grahame

    Matthew Dennison

    Head of Zeus, pp. 288

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