James Crowden

Sketches from Life in Hardy Country. John Vallins has been contributing fortnightly for nearly twenty years to The Guardian’s Country Diary column. These sketches are small gems of country life preserved not in aspic but subtle prose.
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Literary Somerset explores the literary highways and byways of Somerset, including the cities of Bath and Bristol. In so doing, writer and poet James Crowden has produced an intellectual road map of Somerset from Anglo-Saxon times up to the present day..
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Devon produces some of the best food in Britain, from meat to fish and shellfish, cheese, clotted cream and vegetables, not to mention top class beers, cider and wines. The Devon Food Book explores the stories of some of the people behind this cornucopia
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Cornish Fishing and Seafood is not just another book of fish recipes, although more than 20 recipes demonstrate how easy it is to cook the best, freshest fish. It also celebrates seafood and sea fishing in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and reveals why
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Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2005, for the Best Local Cookbook published in the UK, Gourmet Cornwall celebrates the superb food and drink of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; the dedicated men and women who produce it, and the chefs who cr
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The West Country is justly famous for its wide variety of delicious ciders. Over the last thirty years there has been a quiet revolution in the area with a steady growth in cider producers, from small, local companies to well-established outfits pumping o
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Dorset Coast documents the lives of thirty six men and women, who work on the Dorset Coast, which stretches from Lyme Regis to Mudeford Quay. This extraordinary stretch of southern England takes in such places as Charmouth, West Bay, Abbotsbury, Weymouth
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Dorset Women documents the lives of 35 women who have lived and worked in the county. They speak in their own words about their lives as shepherdesses, scrap dealers, farmers’ wives, sheep shearers, market gardeners, pig farmers, cheese makers, orchard ow
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This book is the fourth title in the National Trust's series Living Landscapes. Waterways in their many forms reveal a fascinating history and today represent one of our most precious resources. This book tells the story of the water's journey, from mythi
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Thirty Somerset Women employed in a fascinating variety of occupations describe their working lives in their own words. Full of revealing and humorous moments. Their stories as told to James Crowden provide a compelling insight into the heart of a rural c
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