A new well-illustrated book on the several lives of a Jamaican family in Britain has just been published (Horsgate Books, £25.00). The Jippi-Jappa Hat Merchant and His Family tells of the arrival in 1919 of a prosperous Kingston merchant, with his wife and their six children whose childhoods, education and professional and private lives are described in their own writings and those of their children. More information at www.horsgatebooks.com
