The fire alarm went off. Fire engines came racing; we all rushed out on the gravel drive, everyone thinking it was us. In fact, one of the elderly residents of Saltram had left a pan on the oven in her flat. Apparently this happens all the time. The tenant in question is appearing as an extra -- playing one of the cooks.

The book falls in the middle of the earlier series rather than at the end and takes Peter Rabbit outside of Mr. Thompson said "I don't understand how any government remotely serious about committing to reversing climate change can even consider these ridiculous plans.  
In 2012 Thompson wrote The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit as an addition to the Peter Rabbit series by Beatrix Potter to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress comedian screenwriter and author. Other notable film and television credits have included the Harry Potter film series Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Wit (2001) Love Actually (2003) Angels in America (2003) Nanny McPhee (2005) Stranger than Fiction (2006) Last Chance Harvey (2008) An Education (2009) Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) Men in Black 3 (2012) and Brave (2012). "
Thompson is a patron of the Refugee Council and president of the Teaching Awards.