John Verney on the Internet

There isn't a lot about John Verney on the internet - but what there is is very good. It's my mission to change all that.

I started looking for something because I wanted to get hold of one of his books for my eldest daughter. I had read Ismo when I was a child - not all that long from when it came out. The idea of the teenage movement at the heart of it stuck with me - even after I had forgotten who had written it.

Eventually I did track the books in the Callendar series down. And inevitably I also read them again. The first time around Ismo at least seemed modern. Now they all seem of their period - and charming.

But what did I find on the internet?

There is peerage.com giving all the dates.

Linda Young produced a great summary of the Callendar series on her reading blog.

There is an informative obituary from his editor on the Indy site.

A. N Wilson wrote an elegant review of Friday's Tunnel for the Telegraph in 2007.

There is a nice little article recording his conservation activities on the Basingstoke Canal here and talking of his role in setting up the Farnham Trust here.