Jane Bonney’s article on boat names reminds me that a couple of years ago some friends of mine sought my advice in the matter of naming their new boat, a fancy yacht, the manufacturing name f

Following my complaint about Woolworth’s Liquorice Snails that weren’t (see Mollusc World 10) they finally responded with a computer generated apology (sadly not in rhyme) and a

Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Second Duchess of Portland (1714-1785) is a well known figure in the history of shell collecting.

It is a well-known fact in malacology that the overwhelming majority of snail species is dextral. Their shells are coiled clockwise.

When I was young, I’ll have you know,

I was gleaming yellowish white,

But now I have reached adulthood,

I’m black as the dark-mooned night.