A Very Merry Christmas to all my friends in Unmitigated England
Halifax, West Yorkshire
3 days ago
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About Me
- 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)
English Allsorts
"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
Unmitigated England
""....an absolutely stunning illustrated book..." A.N.Wilson / Daily Telegraph
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7 comments:
Lovely Peter, festive felicitations to you and raise a glass of vintage port to all who read your excellent blog, all the best, Dickie
And a very happy Christmas from a very unsnowy Hertfordshire.
Happy Christmas to you too Peter and thank you for the blog; it never fails to inform, amuse and provoke thought. Best wishes for 2017.
Happy Christmas, mon ami. Keep your turkey basted.
Hope your halls are well-decked, fa-la-la-la-la and all that!
And to you!!
Finally got to the ancestral home of Hallaton and the required grubbing around in the cemetery with the iphone torch seeking long gone relatives. Should have set out earlier. Will be back in the daylight...
Happy new year to you and yours.
Thank you all for your kind words, and a Happy New Year.
Jon: So near and yet so far! The next time you're going to be lurking about in Hallaton you must give me warning! Did you know there was a secondary churchyard down the lane from the church?
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