Book Bags

As everyone knows, the world divides between those who love Tintin and those who prefer Asterix. I’m in the latter camp so I was soon off to the shelves of children’s books to find Asterix in Britain and re-enter the world of the fierce little Gaul, Obelix and their British cousin Anticlimax as they resist the Romans. Whenever I reread an Asterix book I’m always reminded that the English translations were done by Anthea Bell, daughter of Adrian Bell whose memoirs ‒ Corduroy, Silver Ley and The Cherry Tree ‒ we’ve reissued as Slightly Foxed Editions. What a talented family they were.