It was dismantled and replaced with a replica which is still in place in Ashdown Forest.

The original structure sold at auction in 2021 for £131,000.

I was a quiet kid. Books, shows, and films shaped my sensibilities and moral tastes.

I wonder if that remains possible today. Content designed solely for the dopamine hit seems to crowd out everything else.

I was reminded this year that my Winnie the Pooh is not everyones when someone at work posted a quote that made no sense to me. I read some of the poems Milne wrote, thinking it must be from those. Of course it was just from a more recent Disney movie. It was about being smarter than you think, it made me chuckle anyway because quite a few of the original stories are about what happens when you think you're smart. Milne might not have the best reputation as a good bloke, but his writing about childhood was subtle and grounded.