A Country Pillow Book

A unique six-year compilation of British rural news interspersed with the author's own observations on birds mammals fish and aspects of Britain's countryside today.Most rural subjects are covered in a comprehensive snapshot of country life at the start of the new Millenium.From December 1999 to February 2006 scores of different issues are compressed into hundreds of bite-sized easily digested articles.From angling to animal rights campaigns foxhunting to farming game shooting to wildlife conservation a diverse collection of views comment and advice is presented.The batty and the bizarre also get a look-in as do the controversial and the downright crazy.With its packed pages A Country Pillow Book could become a bedside companion for the rural researcher or a useful tool for the country-loving insomniac.