Ralph (he hates to be called Mr. Hill) is an eighty-four-year-old man living in the South East of England. He believes he has led a charmed life and tells the story of his childhood and growing up in a changing world. He then adds the story of the final hours of a Lancaster Bombing in which his brother was killed. In a complete change of direction, the next piece is about a system for playing contract bridge called "The Amenable Club." For one who has hated the disputes following some games, he has tried to devise a system that will cause the least friction between players. His greatest hope is that he has amused you and not offended you, the reader, in any way. He speaks of real people in his biography but gives no names where he thought they would give offense.

This little book has been compiled from many years of writing poems (verse): about sixty on reflection, and I have split it into sections because I want it to be mainly fun for readers who can choose their own interests. I have always tried to avoid obscurity or difficult phrasing so that although I call it a book of poems I am well aware that for the most part it is not a book of poetry (far be it from me to make such a claim) but a book of verse, limericks, doggerel and prose. Just so long as it brings a smile or a memory.

A story of a young man's return home to learn that he has not only inherited his father's genes but has found love with a long lost cousin.

This book deals with all the well-know piano, violin, and cello concertos and is illustrated with a wealth of musical examples.

Ralph (he hates to be called Mr. Hill) is an eighty-four-year-old man living in the South East of England. He believes he has led a charmed life and tells the story of his childhood and growing up in a changing world. He then adds the story of the final hours of a Lancaster Bombing in which his brother was killed. In a complete change of direction, the next piece is about a system for playing contract bridge called "The Amenable Club." For one who has hated the disputes following some games, he has tried to devise a system that will cause the least friction between players. His greatest hope is that he has amused you and not offended you, the reader, in any way. He speaks of real people in his biography but gives no names where he thought they would give offense.

A story of a young man's return home to learn that he has not only inherited his father's genes but has found love with a long lost cousin.

This little book has been compiled from many years of writing poems (verse): about sixty on reflection, and I have split it into sections because I want it to be mainly fun for readers who can choose their own interests. I have always tried to avoid obscurity or difficult phrasing so that although I call it a book of poems I am well aware that for the most part it is not a book of poetry (far be it from me to make such a claim) but a book of verse, limericks, doggerel and prose. Just so long as it brings a smile or a memory.

This book starts with a mixture of stories aimed at sailors new to sailing told through fictitious club chats. These are interspersed with some verses on sailing matters. There is then a true account,of a 300 plus sail against head winds while trying to teach a novice sailor how to handle his first sailing boat.. Finally there is the story of his singlehanded (for the most part) sail round Britain in 1990, in a boat rig he designed himself, raising money for the Macmillan fund (Cancer Relief).