audio – Gruts

Cleverly, he dialled from within

A rare recording of a village peasant sprawled next to the drainage ditch reciting Captain Beefheart’s 'The Old Fart At Play'.

On the Moor: science, history and nature on a country walk

There’s barely a page without a surprising fact…whether it’s about a vacuum flask, a hawk or a bilberry. […] Begin the book as you would a moorland walk, happy to put the route map away and just follow where the sheep trods take you—then you’ll likely find the surprising turns and unexpected views a suitable reward.
—Nick Small, Caught by the River

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