The remarkable life of Ronald Blythe.
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Book review: ‘Next to Nature’ by Ronald Blythe
A lifetime in the English countryside.
The ‘Wormingford’ series by Ronald Blythe
A magnificent ten-volume series of weekly diary-entries-cum-essays.
Book review: ‘Turning the Boat for Home’ by Richard Mabey
A life writing about nature.
Book review: ‘Stour Seasons’ by Ronald Blythe
Book 10 in the Wormingford series.
Book review: ‘All Among the Barley’ by Melissa Harrison
Rural idylls weren’t quite as idyllic as they seemed.
Book review: ‘In My Mind’s Eye’ by Jan Morris
A thought diary.
Book review: ‘In the Artist’s Garden’ by Ronald Blythe
Book 9 in the Wormingford series.
Book review: ‘Estuary’ by Rachel Lichtenstein
Out from London to the Sea. In Estuary, Rachel Lichtenstein travels on and about the Thames estuary, meeting people with different connections to the place: writers, artists, singers, sailors, bargemen, mudlarkers, cocklers, historians, naturalists, Sealanders. The book provides an interesting snapshot of a time when traditional ways of life around the estuary are dying out.… Continue reading Book review: ‘Estuary’ by Rachel Lichtenstein
Book review: ‘At Hawthorn Time’ by Melissa Harrison
An extraordinary modern rural novel.