Out of the Valley

An illustrated collection of the author's regular weekly column on the back page of the "Church Times", where, with a poet's eye, he observes the comings and goings of the rural world he sees from his ancient farmhouse in Constable country.

"He lives with a deep, authentic sense of wonder." Times Literary Supplement

"Why is this great man not more feted? It would be difficult to find... a sensibility which is richer or better fed, more deeply watered and matured, more drenched in Englishness." Adam Nicholson