WILD SPELLS

You’re very likely to recognise Simon Farnaby’s hair. The actor and writer has a long career as a star of Horrible Histories and Ghosts,as scriptwriter of films Paddington 2 and Mindhorn, and his barnet often steals the show. So much so that Mackenzie Crook cast him in Detectorists as a rival treasure-hunter who resembles Art Garfunkel.

So perhaps it is no surprise that the protagonists of his debut novel, a magical adventure for children, have unruly locks. In , Rose is