Trevor Fishlock puts to sea with Joshua Slocum • Anne Boston follows Lesley Blanch to the Wilder Shores of Love • Jane Gardam speaks up for Ann Schlee • Francis King makes his peace with Wyndham Lewis • Rachel Campbell-Johnston touches the void • Derwent May tours Italy with Ruskin • Matthew Reisz meets an imam in Paris • Paul Willetts reflects on the strange career of Julian Maclaren-Ross • Tim Longville recalls the seeds of friendship • Julia Keay goes up the Mekong • Christopher Bird makes a special delivery • Linda Leatherbarrow hears distant harmonies