countryside
One of the fish in my parents' garden pond has died. My dad doesn't seem to be taking it too well.
Read more about my dad.
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community radio
A Truly Utopian Radio Station
Those of you who follow me on Twitter might be aware I've been hosting a fortnightly radio show recently. It's called Message From The Country and features music of a rural nature (acid folk, country funk, magical boondocks classic rock, agri-psych, mystic Americana), me rambling on
countryside
A Few Thoughts About Writing (And Quitting) A Newspaper Column in 2015
I quit my monthly Guardian column yesterday. I thought I should explain a bit here about why, in case anyone who reads the column regularly is wondering where it’s got to. The column, which was called The 21st Century Yokel, covered nature, country customs, folklore, landscape, family and my
21st century yokel
A Visit To Owl Club (And Other Recent Bird Adventures)
Pete and Lady Jane Grey I wore my best shoes to my local Owl Club. Who wouldn’t? I’d only been there a matter of seconds, though, and I was already putting them in jeopardy. An owl had done a poo very close to the entrance to Owl Club
berry pomeroy
A rainy walk in Derbyshire
My latest Guardian column.
coast
Write-walking, notebooks, jackdaws, the language of the countryside and zombie snakes
My latest Guardian column.
american fiction
The End Of Vandalism by Tom Drury
In Britain, at the very least, Tom Drury might just be modern America’s last great lost living novelist: an astute chronicler of the shrugging, unintentionally hilarious exchanges that go on in small towns. If you’ve enjoyed the fiction of Richard Russo or Annie Proulx and, like me, you
beachcombing
If you think I'm the kind of person who'd go on a walk and find some seaweed resembling a zombie snake and fail to adopt it, you are mistaken
countryside
Recent Sheep Photos I Have Taken
The reason this sheep I met on a walk the other week on Dartmoor looks sceptical is because I'd just told it that it was the best sheep of all time. I shall name this photograph I took on my walk yesterday 'The Easily Offended Sheep And
countryside
Six Conversations I've Had About Devon History With A Small Poodle
Me: "The road is beginning to get very steep now, as we get closer to the moor. You'll notice that it's a very acidic environment up there on the highest points, which has made farming impossible on the majority of the terrain for the last
animals
Helping to drift the ponies of Dartmoor
My February 2015 column for The Guardian's Life And Style section.
ale
On wassailing and the magic of Devon's hills
My January 2015 column for The Guardian's Life And Style section.