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Drink!: A Seasonal Selection of the Best From The Spectator

Emma — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Bruce Anderson’s bi-weekly Spectator column has become a hugely popular feature of the magazine in recent years.

Drink! is a selection of fifty-two of his favourite columns, commenting on social mores, politics or the feeling of the man on the street, and always written with a recommendation for a suitable alcoholic supplement to further the delight of reading Bruce’s work. This humorous, informative and entertaining collection will have wide appeal for those who find pleasure in the finer things of life – in particular, wine.

It includes an endearing foreword by former Prime Minister David Cameron, and features colour illustrations by cartoonist Lachy Campbell.

The Gardener’s Essential Gertrude Jekyll

Emma — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

This wonderful book contains a selection of the best and most important passages from Gertrude Jekyll’s many books on gardening. It is divided into eight chapters, on subjects from Design and Ornament and Colour and Scent to Flowers in the House, each one filled with sound common sense, wise advice and enormous knowledge which Gertrude includes in her books. Gertrude Jekyll (1843 – 1932) was one of the founding figures of modern British gardening.

‘The greatest artist in horticulture and garden planting that England had produced.’ Christopher Hussey

Matching the Hatch: Stillwater, River & Stream

Emma — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Lady luck smiles upon anglers who use the right flies, fish them in the right places at the right times, and make them behave like the natural insects they are meant to represent. But with such a vast range of fly patterns and sizes available, how do you choose? This completely revised and updated pocket edition provides the answer.

Remarkable macro-photography of the aquatic creatures on which trout feed (now enlarged photographs in this pocket edition), an author with 65 years of flyfishing experience, a selection of the world’s best fly patterns – these are the ingredients of this invaluable source of practical information.

Many of the top experts on flyfishing and flytying agreed to tie flies for Matching the Hatch; in most instances the flies illustrated are their own designs which have now become standard patterns used throughout the world – Jon Beer, Brian Clarke, Alice Conba, Donald Downs, Peter Gathercole, Malcolm Greenhalgh, Melvin Grey, Derek Hoskin, Nigel Jackson, Charles Jardine, Steffan Jones, Peter Masters, Guy Mawle, Peter O’Reilly, Steve Parton, Neil Patterson, John Riegen, Andrew Ryan, Bernard Venables, Conrad Voss Bark, John Wilshaw and Davy Wotton.

Trout and the creatures they feed on have not changed, although entomological science has renamed some species. In this revised and updated pocket edition the author has adopted nomenclature used by the Natural History Museum and by colleagues in the Riverfly Partnership.

Simply an outstanding reference book – a must for all fishermen.