![]() So I traced the course of the River Severn from my dad’s road atlas onto Sellotaped-together sheets of A4. Basking in its afterglow, I plotted an epic novel about a small group of fugitive otters-one of whom was clairvoyant-who get driven from their home by the ravages of building work, and swim up the River Severn to its source, in Wales, where they establish an egalitarian community called Ottertopia.Īs any child author can testify, you can’t begin until you’ve got the map right. ![]() The book that first set me on my way was “ Watership Down,” by Richard Adams. Photograph Courtesy The Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral / The Hereford Mappa Mundi Trust ![]() ![]() I like to go visit the medieval Mappa Mundi when I can, not only to mingle with my past and future selves but also to study the map with my freshly older mind. ![]()
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