arthur ransome's very wonderful essay on the story behind swallows and amazons

madeleine l'engle's acceptance speech at the margaret edwards award ceremony

a sci-fi lover's childhood in halifax

any amount of discworld quotes in Lspace of course

essay on travels in iceland, with macneice and auden thrown in.

edith nesbit's recollections of her schooldays

salon.com unpacks the movie memento (don't if you haven't watched it!)