THE NINA STORIES: Cradling -- The Towel -- The White Horse -- Girl, Balancing -- THE PRESENT: Taken in Shadows -- Esther to Fanny -- Where to Keep My Faith -- A Thousand Roses -- Hamid in the Playhouse -- Whales and Seals -- ALl Those Personal Survival Medals -- A Night Out -- Portait of Auntie Binbag, with Ribbons -- About the First World War -- A view from the Observatory -- Count from the Spanish -- In China this Would Not Happen -- A Very Fine House -- Duty-free -- Chocolate for Later -- The Medina -- Wolves of Memory -- The Musicians of Ingo -- Frost at Midnight -- THE PAST: Rose, 1944 -- Protection -- A Silver Cigar in the Sky -- Dancers' Feet -- With Shackleton -- At the Institute with KM -- Grace Poole Her Testimony -- The Landlubbers Lying Down Below -- Writ in Water