Red Rag To A Bull - Rural Life in an Urban Age

A humorous and thought-provoking story seen through the eyes of a landowner, a modern-day Poldark, trying to keep the family estate going in an ever-changing world. Jamie's intelligent and easy-to-read narrative flows through the farming challenges of the Scottish independence referendum, the hunting ban and Brexit.

About the author

Jamie Blackett is a former army officer and a farmer on the beautiful Arbigland peninsula on the Solway Firth in Dumfries and Galloway. He is also an award-winning journalist and a regular columnist for the Daily Telegraph, Country Life and other publications. He appears regularly on television and radio as a commentator on politics and rural issues.

His first book, The Enigma of Kidson has been adapted for the stage. Land of Milk and Honey is the sequel to his second book, the much-acclaimed Red Rag to a Bull. In 2020 he won the Charles Douglas-Home Memorial Trust award for journalism and his essay has been published in a short book On Wilding. Jamie is married with two grown-up children.

Summary

A humorous and thought-provoking story seen through the eyes of a landowner, a modern-day Poldark, trying to keep the family estate going in an ever-changing world. Jamie's intelligent and easy-to-read narrative flows through the farming challenges of the Scottish independence referendum, the hunting ban and Brexit.

Product details

• Authors: Jamie Blackett
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2018
• EAN: 9781846892882
• ISBN: 978-1-84689-288-2
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; NATURE / General, Memoirs, The countryside, country life: general interest, The countryside, country life, Lowland Scotland and Borders, Lowland Scotland & Borders, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs