The hatbox, which had not hitherto spoken, uttered a crisp, sailorly oath, and followed up by singing the opening bars of ‘Annie Laurie’. It then relapsed into its former sullen silence.

The face of a vibrant multicoloured parrot with a big orange beak blends into a vintage leather hatbox, adorned with vibrant multicoloured stripes. The hatbox sits on the stage of an old style vaudeville hall. Rendered in a whimsical storybook illustration style, reminiscent of Quentin Blake and Beatrix ...