Alexander was delighted to receive word from one of his favourite charities this week, Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation. Elephant Havens protects and cares for orphaned baby African Elephants in Botswana. They have chosen to name one of their new arrivals ‘Sandy’, after Alexander, and sent through this adorable photo of wee Sandy with his handler Onks.

Two years ago Alexander met Debra Stevens, the Co-Founder of the charity, on a flight from Maun, in Northern Botswana, to South Africa. Alexander says, ‘There and then on the plane the idea came to me for the next instalment of the Mma Ramotswe story. The redoubtable Gaborone detective would become involved in the rescue of a baby elephant and its placing with the sanctuary.’