Bucolic and euphoric

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Bucolic and euphoric

Celebrating the nature writing of Ronald Blythe, who died this month at

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The TLS Magazine

27 January, 2023

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In brief

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Life in the slow lane

Plundering a local byway for a spot of festive foraging, John Lewis-Stempel finds all life proliferating in the multitudinous micro-habitat of the winter hedgerow

Country Life

The answer is blowing in the wind

The Breath of the Gods: The History and ...

Writing Magazine

Place markers

BBC Countryfile Magazine

Gifts christmas books

Saga Magazine

‘on assignments for itn, i carried a book of poems…’

Throughout his career, our columnist has relied on the music of poetry to provide grace, wisdom and even a distraction from the sounds of war