Next to Nature - A Lifetime in the English Countryside

''England''s greatest living country writer'' INDEPENDENT For 24 years, Ronald Blythe penned the ''Word from Wormingford'' weekly column in the Church Times . His 1,250 columns mused on village life and parish affairs, were populated by an impressive cast - Thomas Hardy and George Herbert, Jack Kerouac and John Betjeman, Jane Austen and Vikram Seth, Benjamin Britten and Barbara Pym - but were above all a celebration of nature. From cloud watching with his cat, to kitchen gardening and woodland walking, Ronald Blythe''s curiosity about the buzz of natural life around him, and his keen observations of village life offer his readers a delightful escape. Publishing in time for his 100th birthday, Next to Nature brings together the very best from a lifetime of writing. Arranged by season, the book will take the reader through a year in the countryside, from winter''s ''grey ice, thin as paper, on puddles'', to spring''s pear blossom, summer''s sunshine and autumn''s spiders hidden in crunchy leaves.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Blythe, Blythe Ronald
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781399804660
• ISBN: 978-1-399-80466-0
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 42 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; England, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, NATURE / Essays, Memoirs, The countryside, country life: general interest, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs