Aurochs and Auks
In this extract from 'Aurochs and Auks: Essays on Mortality and Extinction', newly published by Little Toller, John Burnside recalls...
20th October 2021
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c. 1950
Jake Michaels is a Los Angeles-based photographer. In c. 1950, published by Setanta Books, he documents the Mennonites of Belize....22nd June 2021
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Rapeseed
From goldfinch to greenfinch and muntjac to pheasant, Mat Bingham observes the wildlife that thrives in amongst his neighbour's rapeseed...18th October 2020
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The Homestead #2: Freewheeling Rings of a Tree
In the second instalment of a column centred on the Sussex farm of her childhood, Jo Mortimer recalls go-karts, bikes,...16th June 2020
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The Homestead #1: Hollow Trees and Deep Ditches
Following on from a piece we republished from her blog in September, Jo Mortimer embarks on a new column about...26th April 2020
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The Feel of Things
Following on from yesterday's introduction and Melissa Harrison's poems, today comes a prose piece by Alexandra Harris, inspired by items...8th April 2020
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Museum of the Intangible
Dr Ollie Douglas from the Museum of English Rural Life introduces their 'Museum of the Intangible' project, in which artists...7th April 2020
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Looking Back to Look Forwards
A great piece by Jo Mortimer about growing up on her grandad's organic farm. Originally published on her blog, and...15th September 2019
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The Cow Book
Neil Sentance reviews John Connell's 'The Cow Book: A Story of Life on a Family Farm' (Granta, hardback, 288 pages, out...9th May 2018
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Harvest Short Film Competition
Lower Hewood Farm and Common Ground present the Harvest Short Film Competition, calling all makers of short films about food,...3rd August 2017
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The Running Hare - A Review
Illustrations: Michaela Alcaino The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland by John Lewis-Stempel (Doubleday, 304 pages, hardback. Out now...14th May 2016
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The Running Hare - An Extract
From The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland, published by Doubleday on 5 May. Available to preorder now from...1st May 2016
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Smala og Slátur – 'The Gathering and The Slaughter'
Sarah Thomas is currently writing a memoir about the time she spent living in remote northwest Iceland, where she was...12th April 2016
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Richardson in Zanderland
Ditches, dykes and drains Words and pictures: John Richardson Autumn has well and truly arrived in the West Norfolk Fenland...21st November 2015
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Portsoy, Sandend, Fordyce
Portsoy Harbour. Photos by Sarah Campbell Words: Luke Slater A combination of things has brought me to the Banffshire coastal...8th November 2015
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From Elsewhere: A (near future) Google Maps tour of the heart
Illustration: Julia Stone This extract is taken from the full essay published in the latest issue of the delightful Elsewhere:...28th October 2015
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Thankful Villages #3
St Michael South Elmham, Suffolk - Thankful Villages #3 from Darren Hayman on Vimeo. The third instalment of Darren Hayman's...27th October 2015
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Five Rivers - August
Words and pictures: Malcolm Anderson It’s seven o’clock and the day is languidly slipping away towards what promises to be...2nd October 2015