Authors

A. G. Gardiner

in The Copy Book

There are nine posts in The Copy Book credited to A. G. Gardiner. (In the case of some authors, the list may include translations and paraphrases.)

1

A Most Successful Holiday

The best holidays are the ones that make us long for home.

2

Little Rays of Sunshine

‘Alpha of the Plough’ wished that he had been born with the gift of a winning smile.

3

Give the Wall

Social niceties are essential for the smooth operation of society, but neither boxing a man’s ears nor calling in the lawyers will bring them back.

4

The Gift of Life

When columnist ‘Alpha of the Plough’ was asked to select his most memorable moment of the Great War, he told the story of HMS Formidable.

5

My Heart’s Right There

The British Tommy’s fondness for ‘Tipperary’ exasperated some of his countrymen, but ‘Alpha of the Plough’ thought it showed proper English spirit.

6

To-Whit, Tu-Whoo!

The mournful owl in her Sussex garden so troubled A. G. Gardiner’s friend that she rarely visited her house in the country.