A Book of the Winter
Edith Sitwell’s diamond-bright collection of winter writing, including this by Osbert Sitwell… Continue reading A Book of the Winter
Tag: Deer
After London: dreaming Wild England
I was born in a small town not far from the New Forest. Now and again in the evenings, as a family, we would go and watch the deer from a viewing platform. It was like theatre, and we were in the dress circle, looking with binoculars at a sun-dappled herd lazing under a canopy … Continue reading After London: dreaming Wild England
Our Broken Garden, more swans and deer
Great images for Our Broken Garden by Eva Edsjo… Continue reading Our Broken Garden, more swans and deer
Running with the deer – 1971 in children’s literature
Stag Boy by William Rayner (1971) Billy Buck by Josephine Poole (1972) The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy by Penelope Lively (1971) The invasion of ancient folklore and myth into the present is a feature of many novels for ‘young adults’ of the late sixties and early seventies. There had been, of course, the Alan Garner … Continue reading Running with the deer – 1971 in children’s literature
WHISTLES IN THE WIND 