Nearest Earthly Place to Paradise pheasant

Nearest Earthly Place to Paradise pheasantShropshire has inspired many writers over the centuries: its bucolic rolling fields and meadows, its dramatic wild hills and moors, its traditional market towns, its patchwork of copses and hedgerows, its bleak and beautiful mountains. Extracts from Charles Dickens to Tom Sharpe, from Katherine Swift to AE Housman, from Bill Bryson to Pete Postlethwaite, are matched with stunning photographs by Shropshires Geoff Taylor, who has captured the landscapes

flyfishing is seen against the broader canvas of changing times in Britain

the Bi-Visible and the Upside-Down fly

together with her co-author

Its extraordinary health and environmental benefits are at last being recognised

as a young woman

But she didn’t do it for any human praise – she did it for the animals

disobedient dogs and beloved hats

the surprising discoveries and the sheer joy of getting to know Britain in a completely new way

a truth both simple and profound

self-denial and passion

Douglas Butler has an ear for a good shooting story and

and many others