- In Print -
- New Publication: February 1st 2023 -
Selected and Introduced by Richard Hawking
Illustrated by Beth Knight
Published by Slightly Foxed on Feb 1st 2023
A New Selection of Essays by Adrian Bell
Selected and Introduced by Richard Hawking
Preface by Martin Bell
Illustrated by Beth Knight
Published by Slightly Foxed on Oct 12th 2021
Also by Slightly Foxed
Please check out the new edition of Bell's Rural Trilogy (Corduroy, Silver Ley
Slightly Foxed brings back forgotten voices through it Slightly Foxed Editions, a series of beautifully
produced little pocket hardback reissues of classic memoirs, all of them absorbing and highly individual.
Little Toller Books was born in 2008 as an imprint of the Dovecote Press, a family-run publishing
company that has specialised in books about rural life and local history since 1974. Little Toller was
started with a singular purpose: to revive forgotten and classic books about nature and rural life in
- Critical Biography -
At the Field's Edge: Adrian Bell and the English Countryside
Richard Hawking
This monograph introduces the prose and ideas of this important writer,
and provides a thoughtful and engaging exploration of Bell’s writing and his
‘practical’ relevance to contemporary debates about the countryside. It
addresses factors that continue to impact and jeopardize our countryside:
the rise of industrial farming and its environmental impact; the growing
separation of the country and the city; and the disconnection of producer
and consumer, and the impact of capitalist consumerism on the countryside.
At the Field’s Edge will also examine how these factors have contributed to
the decline of rural communities and rural culture, and how they challenge
constructions of English identity.
and provides a thoughtful and engaging exploration of Bell’s writing and his
‘practical’ relevance to contemporary debates about the countryside. It
addresses factors that continue to impact and jeopardize our countryside:
the rise of industrial farming and its environmental impact; the growing
separation of the country and the city; and the disconnection of producer
and consumer, and the impact of capitalist consumerism on the countryside.
At the Field’s Edge will also examine how these factors have contributed to
the decline of rural communities and rural culture, and how they challenge
constructions of English identity.
Published by The Crowood Press May 28th 2019
- Reviews of At the Field's Edge -
Robert Corban Reviews At the Field's Edge: Adrian Bell and the English Countryside
Robert Grano Reviews At the Field's Edge: Adrian Bell and the English Countryside