In schools today, the short attention span of pupils together with a lack of boundaries make for a lethal combination in any kind of learning environment. What can be done about this?

Bluecrest the hen loves pecking and scratching about in the ground for bugs to eat. She also loves pirate stories: she takes them off to her favourite nook to read there.

In this, the first tome of the historical navel novel series 'A Spanish Sailor Saga', Luis Delgado deals with the life suffered in the galleys of Spain's Royal Armada in the second half of the 18th century.