Saturday, 26 December 2020

Toys of Peace by Saki

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mpq1j

I really enjoyed this classic short story yesterday, it was new to me and I thought you might enjoy it.



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3 comments:

  1. The Good Soldier Svjek26 December 2020 at 12:41

    Going to listen to this after I've taken the dog for a walk .

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  2. tradgardmastare27 December 2020 at 07:32

    I hope you enjoyed the story Tony.

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  3. Mark, Man of TIN27 December 2020 at 08:39

    I usually think of this story in my mind illustrated with marginal line drawings in the style of H G Wells' Floor Games and Little Wars by J R Sinclair.
    Sadly Saki was killed during WW1, the twist in the tale in real life that you find in most of his short stories.
    Raikes the Sunday School founder had a great grandson or relative killed in the RAF in WW2 whose Collected Poems were published after the war - I discovered a copy as a teenager on holiday in Wales - Raikes' aircraft and the crew bodies recently found https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23343677

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