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This book is about the extraordinary richness of our everyday surroundings. Over centuries nature and culture have created a range of unique habitats that support diverse wild life. Our buildings have been made from a rich palette of stone, cob, brick, tile, thatch. People have created a dynamic web of work, customs, ways of speaking. All these things are particular to place. Organised from A-Z the essays include Alleys. Ancient Trees. Bus Shelters. Boundary Stones. Cakes. Carnivals. Dags. Diwali. Exmoor Ponies. Floods. Ganseys. Gates. Greetings. Half Year Birds. Hill Forts. Hound Trailing. Islands. Kerbstones. Landslips. Lighthouses. Midsummer Day. Northumbrian Smallpipes. ’Obby’ Osses. Orchards. Pele Towers. Prefabs. Quarries. Round Towered Churches. Sand Dunes. Starlings. Stiles. Springs. Tar Barrel Rolling. Terraced Houses. Tides. Unlucky Words. Watercress Beds. White Horses. Wrestling. Xanadu. Yew. Zawns. Ranging through history, geography, ecology, archaeology, buildings, customs, foods, legends. A magical celebration of English diversity and a much needed wake up call as we sleepwalk further into the dreary global monoculture. Published by Hodder & Stoughton 2006. Further details: |
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