Geraldine McCaughrean that what makes her love writing is the desire to escape from an unsatisfactory world. Her motto is: do not write about what you know, write about what you want to know. Her work includes many retellings of classic stories for children: "The Odyssey", "El Cid", "The Canterbury Tales", "The Pilgrim's Progress", "Moby Dick", "One Thousand and One Arabian Nights" and "Gilgamesh". J. M. Barrie gave all rights to "Peter Pan" to Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929, and in 2004, to coincide with "Peter Pan"'s centenary, the hospital launched a competition to find the author of a sequel. McCaughrean
H. S. Sington H. S. Sington Dr Harold Sigismund Sington FRSE (1878–1956) was a 20th century British physician and anaesthetist. He was born in Higher Broughton, Manchester on 31 October 1878 the son of Joseph George Sington (a civil engineer) and his wife, Mary Florence Straus. He was educated at Cheltenham College. He studied Medicine at Caius College, Cambridge University and did postgraduate studies in Brussels. His earliest posts were at St Thomas' Hospital in London. From 1907 onwards he was anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London. He held this post for over 30 years. He also worked