Geoffrey Tandy Geoffrey Tandy Geoffrey A. Tandy (1900–1969) was a British marine biologist and broadcaster. Tandy graduated from Oxford University in 1921, and pursued graduate studies at Birkbeck College, in the University of London. He was employed at the Natural History Museum in London from 1926 to 1948, specialising in the biology of algae, after which he worked for the British Foreign Office until 1954. A friend of T. S. Eliot, Tandy wrote a "Broadcasting Chronicle" for "The Criterion", and was the first to broadcast "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" in 1937. During the Second World War he worked at Bletchley
Possum Magic Possum Magic Possum Magic is a picture book by Australian author Mem Fox. The two main characters are Grandma Poss and Hush. Hush has been made invisible by Grandma to protect her from Australian bush dangers. The story details the duo's adventures as they tour Australia searching for the secret to Hush's visibility. It is a rhythmical story of Australia's varied landscapes and the animals in them. Fox wrote her first draft for "Possum Magic" in 1978, during a course in children's literature at Flinders University. Over five years, nine publishers rejected the draft. When it was accepted by Omnibus