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"You may already have noticed that girls are quite different from you. By this we do not mean the physical differences, more the fact that they remain unimpressed by your mastery of a game involving wizards, or your understanding of Morse code.  Some will be impressed, of course, but as general rule, girls do not get quite as excited by the use of urine as a secret ink as boys do."

Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden, from The Dangerous Book for Boys

 

Letters from Martha Gellhorn

Martha remained a good friend throughout her life (I was once summoned to Cadogan Square to give her a cooking lesson!) and would have written the Mzee many letters. These, curiously, were found amongst his brother's posessions after he died. How Morton came to have them is not known but he saw worth in them and they give a little snapshot of Martha's visits in late 1964 and early 1965

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