Acknowledgments

I would like to take this opportunity to thank:

My wife Sharon for her unceasing support throughout all my writing work;

My children Bella, Matt, and James and their respective partners for their continuing encouragement, and my wonderful grandchildren for regularly helping me remember that there’s much more to life than work;

My good friend and colleague Andy Taylor, who put me in touch with BEP in the first place, Nigel Wyatt, for forwarding my abstract, and Scott Isenberg, for agreeing to publish the book;

Finally, Mr. Evans, my English teacher at Thomas Adams School in Wem, for reasons that I hope will be obvious.