The depressing news that there is to be a Harry Potter theme park set me thinking. Why are other, more worthy authors and their characters not honoured in this way? For some reason the first to spring to mind was Lawrence Sterne and Tristram Shandy, which would lend itself very well to such treatment. Imagine the fun to be had wounding Uncle Toby at the Siege of Namur, or for toddlers, playing in the Cock and Bull paddock with real cocks and bulls. I offer this suggestion to North Yorkshire County Council; I ask for no fee, except acknowledgement of the intellectual debt they owe me.
Theme parks begin at home, however, and what better way of celebrating Virginia Woolf's time in East Sussex than WoolfPark? Based in Rodmell, attractions will include trips to the Newhaven lighthouse, Mrs Dalloway's party and the Orlando area where visitors can change sex. The refreshment area will be modelled on the don's luncheon party in Jacob's Room.

