Unmitigated England

Two power stations on the Thames Estuary. At the top is the one on the Isle of Grain in Kent, which I believe is no more. Or that mig...

Sometime in the hedonistic eighties we were meandering our way home from Hastings and came across a derelict house next to a railway sta...

Fellow travellers in Unmitigated England will know of my passion for the work of S.R.Badmin. And indeed will doubtless share it with equal...

And so to Northumberland with Youngest Son. I'd always wanted to see the painting above, which is one of eight at Wallington Hall (...

Once upon a time I was asked to contribute to this, originally a big full colour book edited by Bill Bryson, who at the time was Chairm...

Last night I delivered the mother-of-my-children up to the welcoming arms of the Women's Institute in Earl Shilton, Leiceste...

I stood next to that David Attenborough in a Leicester pub back in the 80s. He had a pint of Bass and a curry in a bowl, just like me. ...