The Virgin Soldiers RIP

[OwlHoot]

As the great philosopher Sir Francis Bacon said "Give money wings, and like as not it will come flying back with more"

So I'd put about £19,000,000 on the national lottery each week, enough to cover every number.

edit: Flip - wrong thread, sorry! (Should have been in the "What would you do with a billion pounds thread")

[OwlHoot]

Dangerous Davies. I enjoyed that.

But I was unaware of

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dangerous-Da.../dp/B0000Z0I5W

Looks interesting, but holy carp - "1 new from £79.90"

You'd have to be a big fan of Bernard Cribbins to fork out that much!

[darmstadt]

A very good author, remembered for The Virign Soldiers (and followups) although I'm partial to Ormerod's Landing and Tropic of Ruislip has sadly died...

Leslie Thomas