Unmitigated England

A Country Lost and a Country Found

Monday, 30 June 2008

Show Sunday

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Named after one village, but taking place in the field of another, our local show got under way yesterday. Ringed by ash and oak, the only b...
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Friday, 27 June 2008

Unexpected Alphabets No 2

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There are three beautifully-lettered mileposts (there maybe more) that sit on what appear to be the extremities of the Stanford Hall estate ...
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Friday, 20 June 2008

Wessex Interlude 3

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Afficianados of John Schlesinger's 1967 film Far from the Madding Crowd will probably recognise this tower. One of my all time favourit...
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Wessex Interlude 2

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Unmitigated England appears to be getting more and more curious. First it was the blue bricked ramps in the middle of fields that we now kno...
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Wessex Interlude 1

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Well, you see, it was like this. After depositing a goodly proportion of my family onto the docks at Southampton, I proceeded to spend the r...
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Destination Moon

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Onto the fastnesses of the Isle of Thanet in Kent, after attempting to con fisherfolk and old salts into taking the Unmitigated Circus out t...
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Sunday, 8 June 2008

Back to School

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School Prints Ltd was set up by Brenda Rawnsley just after the Second World War, with the aim of bringing the idea of art out from the galle...
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Peter Ashley
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)
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