The Quest for England: Books from our Childhood.

The Quest for England: Books from our Childhood.

England has changed. Dramatically. And so very quickly. I am taking a second look at books from our childhood. I meet up with author, Elizabeth Housden, who shows me her extensive children’s book collections from which she got the love of reading and writing. With the advent of ‘screens’ dominating children’s attention, are books and […]

More Tales From Willow Farm – Farming Methods 100 Years Ago!

More Tales From Willow Farm - Farming Methods 100 Years Ago!

As requested, I am reading a few more chapters from the book Rambles Around Willow Farm by Arthur O. Cooke, written for children at the turn of the 20th Century and just before the First World War. It is fascinating how much work went into the traditional farming methods. I am not reading the whole […]