The late David Lister of Grimsby, England, was recognised as one of the foremost sources of information regarding the history and culture of paper-folding. With his permission, we are presenting some of the highlights of his messages to the origami-l and BOSmail mailing lists, which we hope you will find useful and interesting. They are published as originally written (so you may find the odd typo) All text is © British Origami Society and may not be republished in any format without express permission.