Oh! Hello, and welcome to LJ! I don't know if you're planning to write in your journal, but I have friended you just in case, and hope that you will. :-)

I know exactly what you mean about brown paper covers. I had a ghost book (not a Doctor Who one) when I was small, which had to live underneath a cupboard because I was so scared of it! I'm not sure I ever actually even read it - the cover alone was enough for it to be banished.

And thank you also, by the way, for your lovely Christmas letter, which I very much enjoyed reading - especially the bit about the Roman remains, which I subsequently looked at on your web page. I shall certainly respond in kind at some point, but bear with me if it takes a while...