Richard Hawking
atthefieldsedge.bsky.social
Richard Hawking
@atthefieldsedge.bsky.social
Adrian Bell's Seasonal Quartet 'A Countryman's Notebook' with
@FoxedQuarterly (2021, 2023 + 2024) / 'At the Field’s Edge' with
@crowoodpress (2019) www.adrianbellsociety.co.uk
If you are in the area, I'll be giving a talk on Adrian Bell's seasonal quartet of his Countryman's Notebooks (published by @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social) at The Cut in Halesworth as part of the The Horkey - a one day festival celebrating the end of harvest time.
October 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Yesterday we had the great pleasure of teaming up with Bodies in the Bookshop to launch the Slightly Foxed summer publications. ⁠

It was such a delight to welcome new and familiar faces to St Boltoph’s Church in Cambridge to mark issue 86 and SFE No.71: Nigel Slater’s childhood memoir Toast. ⁠
May 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A fascinating and insightful piece by @jntod.bsky.social on Adrian Bell's Countryman's Notebooks
I wrote about one of my favourite writers of rural life, Adrian Bell, and how he brought poetry to the local newspaper someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/pinks-29-s...
Pinks #29: Slow Bars of Light and Shadow
The newspaper poetry of Adrian Bell
someflowerssoon.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Published today via Front Porch Republic - my piece on Adrian Bell and the significance of his Countryman's Notebooks.

The Seasonal Quartet is available @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social

Story of the Seasons: The Countryman’s Notebooks of Adrian Bell

www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/03/stor...
Story of the Seasons: The Countryman's Notebooks of Adrian Bell - Front Porch Republic
Like the wonderful American writer Wendell Berry, Adrian Bell’s desire for a return to a more sympathetic agriculture is not born out of nostalgia
www.frontporchrepublic.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Follow us to open up a whole world of good #reading, beautifully produced #magazines and limited edition #books, literary recommendations and other news from Slightly Foxed 🦊💕📚

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February 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Tickets now on sale for another performance of 'Story of the Seasons' - an evening of music and readings from Slightly Foxed's 'A Countryman's Quartet' by Adrian Bell
"Story of the Seasons" at St Mary's Church Ross-on-Wye
Tickets are now available for Story of the Seasons at St Mary's Church Ross-on-Wye, Ross-on-Wye on Sat 22 Feb 2025 at 7:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
www.ticketsource.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Tickets now on sale for another performance of 'Story of the Seasons' - an evening of music and readings from Slightly Foxed's 'A Countryman's Quartet' by Adrian Bell
"Story of the Seasons" at St Mary's Church Ross-on-Wye
Tickets are now available for Story of the Seasons at St Mary's Church Ross-on-Wye, Ross-on-Wye on Sat 22 Feb 2025 at 7:00PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
www.ticketsource.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 12:21 PM
An incredibly thoughtful and compelling insight to the challenges faced by British farmers - challenges that have been building for decades.
November 17, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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Hooray for Essex Wildlife Trust who have become custodians of a truly special place – Ronnie Blythe's old home, Bottengoms. It was poignant but also joyous to visit it again – without Ronnie – and write this story. PS hugely recommend Ian Collins's brilliant biog. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A force for everything he represented’: Ronald Blythe’s home to become nature reserve
The Akenfield writer’s ancient Essex farmhouse will be opened up as a sanctuary for people and wildlife
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:42 AM
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Thanks to everyone buying the new book.
November 16, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Adrian Bell working the Suffolk soil in 1942
November 16, 2024 at 8:29 PM