This is a shameless plug for a new kid on the blog, the bloggee being not unknown to me. Wartime Housewife is a template for our age, and even though I knew at first hand many of the recommendations contained therein, it has made me re-think my manifold sins already. This is no hippie-style crapping on about dodgy diets where you eat nothing but walnuts and boiled eggs, and it won't tell you how to crochet a bicycle. It's not an austerity whinge, and it all fits perfectly into the idea of Unmitigated England. (After all, we need home comforts when we come in from staring at corrugated iron.) No, this is plain common sense, and it's fun. Wartime Housewife does a good turn, if she'll pardon the expression, and there's something here for us all.
Not quite enough sugar, salt, fat, carbs or alcohol so far but I'll stick with her (which reminds me to flip that egg over in the pan) and see what she serves up. A bit of a warning for the black pudding boys amongst us with the mention of a 'naturopath'. Yummy graphics.
Never be ashamed of a black pudding Jon, it is the ultimate in respect for a pig - using every bit to best advantage. Also the naturopath in question is a downright good egg, who also happens to be bookbinder to the Queen (Gawd bless 'im) so don't panic.
That's a relief then. Have no fear my tin-hatted one. I shall stick with you, rather like burnt snook to a cast iron frying pan. Sorry, all this should be taking place over on the utility WT blog. You're not Margaret Patten are you? Or better still our own Mr.A in a pinny?
I am a designer, writer and photographer who spends all his time looking at England, particularly buildings and the countryside. But I have a leaning towards the slightly odd and neglected, the unsung elements that make England such an interesting place to live in. I am the author and photographer of over 25 books, in particular Unmitigated England (Adelphi 2006), More from Unmitigated England (Adelphi 2007), Cross Country (Wiley 2011), The Cigarette Papers (Frances Lincoln 2012), Preposterous Erections (Frances Lincoln 2012) and English Allsorts (Adelphi 2015)
"Open this book with reverence. It is a hymn to England". Clive Aslet
Preposterous Erections
"Enchanting...delightful". The Bookseller "Cheekily named" We Love This Book
The Cigarette Papers
"Unexpectedly pleasing and engrossing...beautifully illustrated". The Bookseller
Cross Country
"Until the happy advent of Peter Ashley's Cross Country it has, ironically, been foreigners who have been best at celebrating Englishness". Christina Hardyment / The Independent
More from Unmitigated England
"Give this book to someone you know- if not everyone you know." Simon Heffer, Country Life. "When it comes to spotting the small but telling details of Englishness, Peter Ashley has no equal." Michael Prodger, Sunday Telegraph
7 comments:
Not quite enough sugar, salt, fat, carbs or alcohol so far but I'll stick with her (which reminds me to flip that egg over in the pan) and see what she serves up. A bit of a warning for the black pudding boys amongst us with the mention of a 'naturopath'. Yummy graphics.
I will go and have a look see, right now.
Never be ashamed of a black pudding Jon, it is the ultimate in respect for a pig - using every bit to best advantage. Also the naturopath in question is a downright good egg, who also happens to be bookbinder to the Queen (Gawd bless 'im) so don't panic.
That's a relief then. Have no fear my tin-hatted one. I shall stick with you, rather like burnt snook to a cast iron frying pan. Sorry, all this should be taking place over on the utility WT blog. You're not Margaret Patten are you? Or better still our own Mr.A in a pinny?
I know Wartime Housewife to be a good egg (and not necessarily a powdered one). I shall follow her forthwith.
If she comes with the A&W Housekeeping seal of approval it's good enough for me.
You've put the idea into my head now - I absolutely, positively must get a crochet pattern for a bicycle.
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