‘Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening’ Sunday Times
A book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the critically acclaimed author of Raptor.
‘Joyful and mindful, a powerful argument for being still and listening’ Sunday Times
A book about birds, birdsong and the countryside they inhabit, from the critically acclaimed author of Raptor.
A momentous memoir of childhood and adolescence from one of our finest and most beloved writers, as we’ve never seen her before.
A momentous memoir of childhood and adolescence from one of our finest and most beloved writers, as we’ve never seen her before.
This is the story of Alex James’s transition from a leading light of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, to gentleman farmer, artisan cheese-maker and father of five.
A flight of imagination back to a time when London was green meadows and rolling hills, dotted with babbling brooks. Join Tim Bradford as he explores the lost rivers of London.
A history of walking over the British countryside.
This is the story of Alex James’s transition from a leading light of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, to gentleman farmer, artisan cheese-maker and father of five.
This is the story of Alex James’s transition from a leading light of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, to gentleman farmer, artisan cheese-maker and father of five.
Annie Proulx, one of America’s finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil.
An absorbing travel book, a meditation on geology, photography, Romanesque art and the romance of physical decline, The Slow Breath of Stone throws a mirror on Europe of the Middle Ages and its hold on us today.
Annie Proulx, one of America’s finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil.
The sequel to the bestselling Silvertown, which tells the story of Aunt Daisy, and all the other Aunt Daisys – the locals of the old East End.
Whatever happened to middle England? Two of our funniest writers set out on a journey through conservative country – with hilarious results.
Clive Aslet, editor of Country Life, lived in Pimlico, London SW1 until January 2000. Then he bought a small cottage in the country near where his horse was stabled at Naseby. This is what happened.
Clive Aslet, editor of Country Life, lived in Pimlico, London SW1 until January 2000. Then he bought a small cottage in the country near where his horse was stabled at Naseby. This is what happened.
