Land of Milk and Honey - Digressions of a Rural Dissident

A personal account of farming and countryside life in the aftermath of Brexit, coupled with the impact of extreme environmentalism and Scottish nationalism.

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 personal account of farming and countryside life in the aftermath of Brexit, coupled with the impact of extreme environmentalism and Scottish nationalism.

Product details

• Authors: Jamie Blackett
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781846893667
• ISBN: 978-1-84689-366-7
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, Memoirs, The countryside, country life: general interest, The countryside, country life, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, Lowland Scotland and Borders, Lowland Scotland & Borders