Scilly's the topic of ex MP?s story

The islands tranquility and peacefulness has led to many an author to write on the islands and now there is another story been published.

Mr David Mudd a former MP, newspaper and TV journalist and author of books on Cornish history and crime has written a series of short stories and one of them is about Scilly.

David became the youngest newspaper editor in Britain at 18. He has written a series of short stories called Better With a Pinch of Salt. The 20 tales are colourful and contrasting snippets of Cornish and Scillonian life.

The Scillonian tale is about 100-year-old Tobias from the islands who makes his way to mainland Britain make his TV debut.