Writer Jenny Woolf looked at Lewis Carroll through a magnifying glass and found a generous man, writes Ruth Gorb

The Rev Charles L Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, has for more than 100 years been a man of mystery.
The author of the best loved children’s books in the world, a great English eccentric, he has nevertheless been ascribed a less than attractive image.
He is seen as a stammering, dull and donnish loner, who was unable to relate to anyone over the age of 10.

A biography of former home secretary David Blunkett exposes his rejection of all things left wing, writes Illtyd Harrington

This David strode around the dangerous and dark places of Whitehall challenging any other Philistine.
They might be civil service mandarins, the Lord Chancellor or the Lord Chief Justice, asylum seekers, illegal immigrants or football hooligans.
Sadly, unlike his biblical predecessor, it now seems very unlikely that he will inherit the political crown.