English Pastoral

An Inheritance

James Rebanks, Bryan Dick

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Bolinda/Audible Audio
01 April 2021

Mathematics & Sciences

James Rebanks was taught by his grandfather to work the land the old way. Their family farm in the Lake District hills was part of an ancient agricultural landscape – a patchwork of crops and meadows, of pastures grazed with livestock and hedgerows teeming with wildlife. And yet, by the time James inherited the farm, that landscape had profoundly changed. The men and women had vanished from the fields, the old stone barns had crumbled, the skies had emptied of birds and their wind-blown song.

English Pastoral is the story of an inheritance – one that affects us all. It tells of how rural landscapes around the world were brought close to collapse and how the age-old rhythms of work, weather, community and wild things were lost. But this elegy from the Northern Fells is also a song of hope – of how, guided by the past, one farmer began to salvage a tiny corner of England that was now his, doing his best to restore the life that had vanished and to leave a legacy for the future.

This is an audiobook about what it means to have love and pride in a place and how, against the odds, it may still be possible to build a new pastoral – not a utopia, but somewhere decent for us all.

By: James Rebanks
Read by: Bryan Dick
Imprint: Bolinda/Audible Audio
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9781867519430
ISBN 10: 1867519437
Publication Date: 01 April 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

James Rebanks is the Herdwick Shepherd, whose account of shepherding has a strong following on Twitter. His family have farmed in the same area for six hundred years. Bryan Dick is an English actor, best known for playing Ernie Wise in Eric and Ernie, the BBC's BAFTA-winning biopic of Morecambe and Wise. He has appeared on television in his shows such as Wolf Hall, Midsomer Murders and Shameless.

Reviews for English Pastoral: An Inheritance

'Remarkable ... A brilliant, beautiful book ... Eloquent, persuasive and electric with the urgency that comes out of love.' -- The Sunday Times (London) 'Beautiful and shocking, but ultimately so gloriously hopeful.' -- Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train 'English Pastoral builds into a heartfelt elegy for all that has been lost from our landscape and a rousing disquisition on what could be regained – a rallying cry for a better future.' -- Financial Times