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Adam Thorpe
ADAM THORPE was born in Paris in 1956. His first collection of poetry, Mornings in the Baltic, was published in 1988 and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Poetry Award. His first novel, Ulverton,…![]()
Henry Williamson
HENRY WILLIAMSON (1895 - 1977) was born in Brockley, south-east London. After leaving school he enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade and served as a private in the Flanders trenches, where he…![John Wyatt]()
John Wyatt
JOHN WYATT (1925 - 2006) was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Cheshire, son of a cotton mill overseer. He left school when he was 15 and worked as a copy boy in the Manchester…![Ian Niall]()
Ian Niall
IAN NIALL (1916 - 2002) was the pen-name of John McNeillie, born in Old Kilpatrick on the banks of the Firth of Clyde. He published his first book, Wigtown Ploughman: Part of…![]()
Robert Gibbings
ROBERT GIBBINGS (1889 - 1958) was born in Kinsale, County Cork, the son of a clergyman. He studied medicine at University College Cork before overcoming opposition from his parents to study art,…![Jocelyn Brooke]()
Jocelyn Brooke
JOCELYN BROOKE (1908-1966) was born in Sandgate, Kent. Unhappy at school in Canterbury, he ran away twice before being sent to Bedales. After publishing a collection of poetry in 1927, he dropped…![Kenneth Allsop at Mill]()
Kenneth Allsop
KENNETH ALLSOP (1920 - 1973) was born in Leeds and left school aged 17 to join the Slough Observer. He joined the RAF during the Second World War but left the service…![]()
Richard Jefferies
RICHARD JEFFERIES was born at Coate, now a Swindon suburb, where his family had a smallholding. His father was passionate about nature but an unsuccessful farmer, and Jefferies’ late childhood was marred…![]()
H.E. Bates
H.E. BATES (1905 - 1974) was born in Rushden, Northamptonshire, where he spent much of his youth wandering the footpaths of the surrounding countryside, often at night. After leaving school he worked…![Frank Fraser Darling]()
Frank Fraser Darling
FRANK FRASER DARLING (1903 - 1979) was born in a farm stable near Chesterfield. Aged 15 he ran away from school and worked in the Pennines. At agricultural college he met ‘Bobbie’…![]()
Richard Mabey
RICHARD MABEY is the godfather of contemporary nature writing and has authored some forty books, including Food for Free, the groundbreaking Flora Britannica and The Unofficial Countryside, Beechcombings, The Cabaret of Plants, and…![]()
Clare Leighton
CLARE LEIGHTON (1898 - 1989) was born in London and studied at Brighton, Slade and Central schools of art. Travel in Europe nurtured an empathy for rural workers and their culture, reflected…
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