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Sophia Kingshill
SOPHIA KINGSHILL is co-author of The Lore of Scotland and The Fabled Coast, an examination of British and Irish sea legends, both written in collaboration with the late Jennifer Westwood. Her interest…![]()
Gilbert White
GILBERT WHITE was born in his grandfather’s vicarage at Selborne, Hampshire, in 1720 and was educated by the Poet Laureate Thomas Wharton before studying at Oriel College, Oxford. He was awarded his…![]()
Paul Evans
PAUL EVANS spent many years as a gardener working in rose nurseries, graveyards, historic gardens in Wales and a botanical garden in New York. He is a writer, broadcaster and award-winning playwright,…![]()
Joseph Conrad
JOSEPH CONRAD (1857–1924) was born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in Berdychiv, a town in the Polish Ukraine. He was introduced to the English language at the age of eight by his father,…![]()
George Ewart Evans
GEORGE EWART EVANS (1909-1989) was born the in the mining town of Abercynon, south Wales, where his parents ran a grocery business. He went to grammar school and later studied at Cardiff…![]()
Jay Griffiths
JAY GRIFFITHS is author of Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time, Wild: An Elemental Journey and Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape and A Love Letter from a Stray Moon. She…![]()
Rowena Farre
ROWENA FARRE was born Daphne Lois Macready in India, where her father served as a medical officer in the British Army. Her first book, Seal Morning, was a national bestseller and piqued…![]()
Neil Ansell
NEIL ANSELL lives in Brighton with his two daughters. He is also the author of Deep Country (Penguin 2011), which was described by The Independent as ‘extraordinary’, The Wall Street Journal as…![]()
W.G. Hoskins
WILLIAM GEORGE HOSKINS (1908 - 1992) was born in Exeter, the son of a baker. He won a scholarship to Hele’s School and later studied at the University of Exeter. In 1931…![]()
Barbara Jones
BARBARA JONES (1912-1978) was born in Croydon, Surrey, where her family ran a high street saddlery. She studied at the Croydon School of Art and the Royal College of Art, in the…![]()
Iain Sinclair
IAIN SINCLAIR is a poet, film-maker, essayist and the author of many acclaimed books, including Downriver (winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize), Lights Out for the Territory, London Orbital, Edge of…![]()
Tim Dee
TIM DEE was born in Liverpool in 1961 and grew up in Surrey and Bristol. He has worked as a BBC radio producer for over twenty years. The Running Sky, a memoir…
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