Gordon Boshell

In 1951 Boshell left Fleet Street to join The World Health Organization as an information officer.

During this time he worked in South East Asia and the Western Pacific, as well as in the organisation's headquarters in Geneva.

For example, his poem "The Aeroplane"[1] was written after watching the Battle of Britain dogfights from the streets of London.

On returning to the UK Boshell began writing children's books, beginning with the "Captain Cobwebb" series for which he is best known.

As a young man, Uncle Septimus decided to spend all night sitting in a fairy ring.

The books usually begin with the boys getting bored, e.g. during a rainy day, or lying ill in bed, and then calling on their Uncle to send them on an adventure, usually in a far-off magical land.