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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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    • John Everett

      HERBERT BARNARD EVERETT (1876-1949) took his first sea voyage while studying at the Slade School of Art, and thereafter made a speciality of shipboard scenes and seascapes, signing each painting ‘John’ Everett.…
      September 25, 2013
      Contributors, Contributors A-F
    • David Gentleman

      David Gentleman is an English artist and designer. His wood engraved platform-length mural at Charing Cross underground station is well-known to Londoners. His most recent books are In The Country (2014) and…
      September 18, 2013
      Contributors, Contributors G-M
    • Patrick Barkham

      PATRICK BARKHAM was born in 1975 in Norfolk and was educated at Cambridge University. He is the natural history writer at The Guardian and author of Badgerlands and The Butterfly Isles: A…
      September 18, 2013
      Contributors, Contributors A-F
    • Bert Hardy

      BERT HARDY (1913 – 1955) bought his first camera for 50p from a pawn shop and went on to become chief photographer at Picture Post. Born in London, he left school at…
      September 11, 2013
      Contributors, Contributors G-M
    • 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
    • Jonny Hannah

      Jonny Hannah enjoys nothing better than going to his studio to illustrate, paint and savour the odd Tunnocks Caramel Wafer with a fresh cup of coffee. His work has been much in…
      April 23, 2013
      Contributors, Contributors G-M
    • Fay Godwin

      FAY GODWIN (1931 - 2005) is known for her landscape photographs of the British countryside and coast. She also produced an extensive series of portraits of literary figures including Philip Larkin, Kingsley…
      March 19, 2013
      Contributors, Contributors G-M
    • William Boyd

      WILLIAM BOYD'S many short stories and novels include A Good Man in Africa, An Ice Cream War, Any Human Heart and Restless. His writings have been adapted for stage and screen, and…
      March 19, 2013
      Contributors, Contributors A-F
    • Peter Blake

      PETER BLAKE is a painter and pioneer of ‘Pop Art’. Born in Dartford, Kent, he studied at Gravesend School of Art under Enid Marx. After national service in the RAF he studied…
      March 11, 2013
      Contributors, Contributors A-F
    • Simon Costin

      SIMON COSTIN is an internationally respected art director and set designer. Since leaving Wimbledon School of Art, where he studied Theatre Design and History of Art, he has worked with numerous leading…
      March 11, 2013
      Contributors, Contributors A-F
    • L.S. Lowry

      L.S. LOWRY (1887 – 1976) studied art while working as a clerk in Manchester. He became a rent collector and spent much time walking the poorest city streets, where his unique vision…
      May 8, 2012
      Contributors, Contributors G-M
    • Melvyn Bragg

      MELVYN BRAGG is a writer, novelist and broadcaster best known for The South Bank Show and BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time. Born in Wigton, Cumbria, the landscape of his youth is…
      May 8, 2012
      Contributors, Contributors A-F
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    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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