By flowering time many leaves are wind-burnt, grazed or otherwise damaged.

And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind […]

True, the wreath might have been improved with a little more care; … Though, after all, we are, perhaps, too chary; for in nature every leaf is not ironed out to a form, nor propped up with a wiry precision; but blown and ruffled by the refreshing breezes, and looking as easy, and careless, and unaffected, as a child that bounds along with its silken locks tossed to and fro just as the wind uplifts them. Page after page of this volume have we perused with a feeling of pleasure and admiration.

Challenging what we understand as “information”, she explores the role of rumour, myth, conspiracy theories, lies and propaganda. Extra-Factual Information (EFI) can influence the development and conduct of state foreign and defence policies.