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What is Raymond Briggs working on now?
Raymond Briggs, creator of Fungus the Bogeyman, the Snowman, and many other much loved stories, was recently honoured with a lifetime achievement award by the Book Trust for his outstanding contribution to children's literature.
Now in his eighties, he is working on something altogether more adult than his usual fare - a darkly comic meditation on age and death.
For World Book Day, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Newsnight's culture correspondent Stephen Smith meet Raymond Briggs at his cottage in Sussex.
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