Almost everyone who's been to primary school in Britain has had towels put on their heads to play the shepherds in the nativity play.
Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths - and makes the most of them.
You stand beneath the arthritic boughs of any English oak, and you survey a thousand tales.
I know the money is important, but, actually, the validation of your career that prizes give is what you really want. But the money is fabulous, too.
I have tested my nerve by reaching a little too closely toward a lengthy alligator on the Gulf Coast and a saucer-sized tarantula in a Houston car park.
