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          An online journal published by Little Toller Books that offers writers and artists a dedicated space in which to explore and celebrate the landscapes we live in. Our contributors are encouraged to go forth and find distinctive visions that startle us, rural or urban, modern or prehistoric, industrial, post-industrial, fantastical, natural, political, however they come. But each must be meaningful, surprising, felt.
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        • Harry and Pierse by Hana LoftusWhat drew Becker to crouch in the fields day after day, obsessively documenting his neighbours as they worked?
        • Montol and Midwinter Light by Ysella SimsWe wind through the streets, the rain giving way to the winds of the next winter storm.
        • The Lost Dens of Leicester by Sharon TyersSixty years later, I often find myself deep within our den in my dreams.
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    • Sally Seymour

      SALLY SEYMOUR (née Medworth) was born in London and brought up in Australia where she studied illustration. She grew her food, made her clothes, built her house and raised a family while working…
      August 21, 2017
      Contributors, Contributors N-S
    • Anne Sears

      ANNE SEARS is the daughter of John and Sally Seymour. She was born at the Broom in Suffolk but has lived most of her life in Wales. She is an accomplished potter and…
      August 21, 2017
      Contributors, Contributors N-S
    • Paul Nash

      Paul Nash (1889–1946) was one of the most original British artists of the first half of the twentieth century. Primarily a painter in oils and watercolour, he was also an accomplished book…
      May 12, 2014
      Contributors, Contributors N-S
    • Alice Pattullo

      ALICE PATTULLO is an illustrator and printmaker who graduated from Brighton University with a First Class Honours in Illustration. Now based in London, she works predominantly in screen print inspired by British…
      September 11, 2013
      Contributors, Contributors N-S
    • Agnes Miller Parker

       AGNES MILLER PARKER (1895-1980) was born in North Ayrshire and trained at Glasgow School of Art, where she later taught and met her husband the artist William McCance. Well-known for the distinctive…
      May 8, 2012
      Contributors, Contributors N-S
    • Iain Stewart

      IAIN STEWART’s many BBC television and radio credits include How Earth Made Us, Men of Rock and Making Scotland’s Landscape. Born in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, he is Professor of Geosciences Communication at…
      May 8, 2012
      Contributors, Contributors N-S
    • Mary Newcomb

      MARY NEWCOMB (1922-2008) was born in Harrow-on-the-Hill in 1922.  In 1943 she was awarded a B.S.c in Natural Sciences from Reading University, and a Diploma of Education the following year.  Between 1944…
      May 8, 2012
      Contributors, Contributors N-S
    • Adam Nicolson

      ADAM NICOLSON is the author of many books on history and the landscape, for which he has won the Somerset Maugham, Ondaatje and William Heinemann Prizes. He is owner of the Shiant…
      May 8, 2012
      Contributors, Contributors N-S
    • John Nash

      JOHN NASH (1893 – 1977) was a painter, watercolourist, wood engraver and illustrator. The Cornfield was the first painting he made after the First World War, in which he fought and was…
      May 8, 2012
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    • Winifred Nicholson

      WINIFRED NICHOLSON (1893 – 1981) was concerned throughout her career with light and colour. She made many visits to the Hebrides and painted some of her best loved paintings in Scotland. Bonnie…
      May 8, 2012
      Contributors, Contributors N-S
    • Howard Phipps

      HOWARD PHIPPS is a painter, printmaker, and illustrator with a particular interest in the downs of Wiltshire and Dorset. He is a member of the Society of Wood Engravers and The Royal…
      May 8, 2012
      Contributors, Contributors N-S

    About

    THE CLEARING is an online journal published by Little Toller Books that offers writers and artists a dedicated space in which to explore and celebrate the landscapes we live in. Our contributors are encouraged to go forth and find distinctive visions that startle us, rural or urban, modern or prehistoric, industrial, post-industrial, fantastical, natural, political, however they come. But each must be meaningful, surprising, felt.



    Submissions

    The editors welcome original submissions in written, audio and visual genres. Submission should reflect The Clearing/Little Toller’s concern with the natural environment, but within this broad subject-matter we encourage a diversity of interpretation and approach.

    If you’d like to submit work to The Clearing, please email theclearing@littletoller.co.uk. Please refer to the submission guidelines. While we receive many submissions we will get back to you as soon as we are able.

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    Tollern river valley in West Dorset. Recorded in the Domesday survey as Tolre, derived from a Celtic word for stream in a hollow valley.

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