Ruth Petrie is a freelance editor and passionate gardener. She selected articles for Cuttings: A Year in the Garden with Christopher Lloyd (2007) and The Guardian Book of the Countryside (2008).
Martin Wainwright is the Northern editor of the Guardian and a regular broadcaster. Born in Leeds, he co-authored the Which? Guide to Yorkshire and The Peak District. He has also edited three previous Country Diary Collections: A Gleaming Landscape, A Lifetime of Mountains and Wartime Country Diaries.
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Size:
18.6cm x 13.4cm
Publisher:
Guardian Books
Pages:
208
Format:
Hardback
Description
From the spread of the railways and migration to the cities in the early nineteenth century, through to the floods and global warming of the 21st century, a timely reminder of just how much the British countryside has endured over the last 200 years. Includes pieces on subjects as varied as windfarms to city farms, mass trespasses and the rise of the rambler through to the creation of English vineyards and the return of the red kite. This poignant collection shows how the countryside adapts to everything we throw at it, yet still remains our most valuable and beautiful resource.