#peter fiennes

[wellconstructedsentences]

I wonder what would happen if every human on the planet were to fall asleep for one hundred years like the princess and her courtiers in Sleeping Beauty. The mass extinctions would end. The forests would return . . . Will [the trees] miss us when we're gone? And who would tell them how beautiful they are?

Oak and Ash and Thorn by Peter Fiennes

[woodlandtrust]

The mystery of the woods

“There is no denying that there was something I wanted to call ‘magic’ in the air. Simon Schama in his extraordinary book ‘Landscape and Memory’ says that ‘Landscapes are culture before they are nature; constructs of the imagination projected onto wood and water and rock.’ And no doubt I was just projecting Puck back into his familiar Sussex trees. But at the very least we should consider this: we are still a very long way from understanding or acknowledging the true value of our trees and woods.”

In our latest blog, author Peter Fiennes shares an extract from his new book, ‘Oak and Ash and Thorn: the Ancient Woods and New Forests of Britain’.

[solitaryfossil]

Book Review

Peter Fiennes: Footnotes: A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Travel, Biography, UK Literature. Expected publication: September 5th 2019 by Oneworld Publications

Blurb: In each walk, a scene. In each journey, a story. To tread any well-travelled path is to step upon layers of history and to add to them. What was seen by yesterday's rambler? Who were they? What was their Britain? Peter Fiennes follows in the footsteps of writers, spiritualists, economists, farmers, churchmen and artists, from the eleventh century to the twentieth. Traversing past and present, he searches for signs of what his absent guides once saw and, through their words, opens up a new way of seeing what is there today. Footnotes is full of wonders and wanders, old stories and fresh connections, worn roads and wild places. It is a mesmerizing quest to picture these isles anew.

My review: A fun read that I quite enjoyed, as the author follows in the paths traveled earlier by a handful of well-known literary stars, witty and informative, but by no means exhaustive. It was entertaining to travel along with him, and read of the exploits and foibles of these UK authors.

[jamespauljones]

Oak and Ash and Thorn - Peter Fiennes

Oneworld - 2017

[jamespauljones-nonfiction]

Oak and Ash and Thorn - Peter Fiennes

Oneworld 2017