After the season of Christmas presents, we’re into the season of birthdays – ten, to be precise, between 19th January and 13th February – eight birthdays of immediate family and two family friends. It’s always a creative challenge at this time of year to think what to give. However, when we were in Derbyshire in November, we discovered a wonderful toy maker working in natural, unpainted wood and this Noah’s Ark is providing one child’s birthday present: