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Slightly Foxed: No. 62: One Man and His Pigs
In this issue
Laurie Graham pays an unusual visit to the Blandings piggery • Adam Foulds hangs out with a Russian count • Ursula Buchan meets some extremely likeable people • William Palmer gets a new angle on evolution • Olivia Potts picks fruit with Jane Grigson • Charles Elliott shares a fearful passage to Australia • Rebecca Willis enjoys ‘The Saga of the Century’ • Richard Conyngham finds he’s very up and down in the Andes • Peter Radford puts on a burst of speed • Pauline Melville struggles with Jane Austen, and much more besides . . .
One Man and His Pigs • LAURIE GRAHAM
James Hogg (ed.), Lord Emsworth’s Annotated Whiffle
A Romantic Escape • PATRICK FRENCH
Eric Newby, Love and War in the Apennines
Energetic Idleness • ADAM FOULDS
Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift
Hoofing It • RICHARD CONYNGHAM
Dervla Murphy, Eight Feet in the Andes
Extremely Likeable People • URSULA BUCHAN
The novels of O. Douglas
Antipodean Alcatraz • CHARLES ELLIOTT
Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore
Uncle Vanya Drops in • WILLIAM PALMER
Roy Lewis, The Evolution Man
Not Your Average Englishwoman • JUSTIN MAROZZI
Rosita Forbes, The Secret of the Sahara
Haikus among the Pears • OLIVIA POTTS
Jane Grigson’s Fruit Book
An Incurable Topophilia • ANDREW NIXON
The writings of Jonathan Meades
A Burning Issue • PIERS PLOWRIGHT
Cesare Pavese, The Moon and the Bonfires
Small Is Beautiful • MATT COLLINS
H. E. Bates, Through the Woods
Mood Music • REBECCA WILLIS
Rebecca West’s ‘Saga of the Century’
An Olympian Effort • PETER RADFORD
E. McDonald Bailey, If It’s Speed You’re After
Scoops of the Century • ANTHONY WELLS
Clare Hollingworth, There’s a German Just Behind Me
Ire and Irritability • PAULINE MELVILLE
Reading Jane Austen
Laurie Graham pays an unusual visit to the Blandings piggery • Adam Foulds hangs out with a Russian count • Ursula Buchan meets some extremely likeable people • William Palmer gets a new angle on evolution • Olivia Potts picks fruit with Jane Grigson • Charles Elliott shares a fearful passage to Australia • Rebecca Willis enjoys ‘The Saga of the Century’ • Richard Conyngham finds he’s very up and down in the Andes • Peter Radford puts on a burst of speed • Pauline Melville struggles with Jane Austen, and much more besides . . .
One Man and His Pigs • LAURIE GRAHAM
James Hogg (ed.), Lord Emsworth’s Annotated Whiffle
A Romantic Escape • PATRICK FRENCH
Eric Newby, Love and War in the Apennines
Energetic Idleness • ADAM FOULDS
Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift
Hoofing It • RICHARD CONYNGHAM
Dervla Murphy, Eight Feet in the Andes
Extremely Likeable People • URSULA BUCHAN
The novels of O. Douglas
Antipodean Alcatraz • CHARLES ELLIOTT
Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore
Uncle Vanya Drops in • WILLIAM PALMER
Roy Lewis, The Evolution Man
Not Your Average Englishwoman • JUSTIN MAROZZI
Rosita Forbes, The Secret of the Sahara
Haikus among the Pears • OLIVIA POTTS
Jane Grigson’s Fruit Book
An Incurable Topophilia • ANDREW NIXON
The writings of Jonathan Meades
A Burning Issue • PIERS PLOWRIGHT
Cesare Pavese, The Moon and the Bonfires
Small Is Beautiful • MATT COLLINS
H. E. Bates, Through the Woods
Mood Music • REBECCA WILLIS
Rebecca West’s ‘Saga of the Century’
An Olympian Effort • PETER RADFORD
E. McDonald Bailey, If It’s Speed You’re After
Scoops of the Century • ANTHONY WELLS
Clare Hollingworth, There’s a German Just Behind Me
Ire and Irritability • PAULINE MELVILLE
Reading Jane Austen
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Published June 1, 2019
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February 26, 2023
I might not want to read all the books featured, but quite a few have been added to various lists.
Esssays:
1. One Man and his Pigs - Laurie Graham on Lord Emsworth's Annotated Whiffle: The Care of the Pig by Augustus Whiffle
2. A Romantic Escape - Patrick French on Love and War in the Apennines.
3. Energetic Idleness - Adam Folds on The Gift
4. Hoofing it - Richard Conyngham on Eight Feet in the Andes: Travels with a Mule from Ecuador to Cuzco.
5. Extremely Likeable People - Ursula Buchan on the novels of O. Douglas.
6. Antipodean Alcatraz - Charles Elliot on The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding.
7. Uncle Vanya Drops In - William Palmer on The Evolution Man: Or, How I Ate My Father.
8. Not Your Average Englishwoman - Justin Marozzi on The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara.
9. Haikus Among The Pears - Olivia Potts on Jane Grigson's Fruit Book.
10. An Incurable Topophilia - Andrew Nixon on The Writings of Jonathan Meades.
11. A Burning Issue - Piers Plowright on The Moon and the Bonfire.
12. Small Is Beautiful - Matt Collins on Through the Woods.
13. Mood Music - Rebecca Willis on The Fountain Overflows.
14. An Olympian Effort - Peter Radford on "If it's Speed You're After".
15. Scoops of the Century - Anthony Wells on There's a German Just Behind Me.
16. Ire and Irritability - Pauline Melville on Reading Jane Austen
Esssays:
1. One Man and his Pigs - Laurie Graham on Lord Emsworth's Annotated Whiffle: The Care of the Pig by Augustus Whiffle
2. A Romantic Escape - Patrick French on Love and War in the Apennines.
3. Energetic Idleness - Adam Folds on The Gift
4. Hoofing it - Richard Conyngham on Eight Feet in the Andes: Travels with a Mule from Ecuador to Cuzco.
5. Extremely Likeable People - Ursula Buchan on the novels of O. Douglas.
6. Antipodean Alcatraz - Charles Elliot on The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding.
7. Uncle Vanya Drops In - William Palmer on The Evolution Man: Or, How I Ate My Father.
8. Not Your Average Englishwoman - Justin Marozzi on The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara.
9. Haikus Among The Pears - Olivia Potts on Jane Grigson's Fruit Book.
10. An Incurable Topophilia - Andrew Nixon on The Writings of Jonathan Meades.
11. A Burning Issue - Piers Plowright on The Moon and the Bonfire.
12. Small Is Beautiful - Matt Collins on Through the Woods.
13. Mood Music - Rebecca Willis on The Fountain Overflows.
14. An Olympian Effort - Peter Radford on "If it's Speed You're After".
15. Scoops of the Century - Anthony Wells on There's a German Just Behind Me.
16. Ire and Irritability - Pauline Melville on Reading Jane Austen
June 15, 2019
Slightly Foxed continues to bring quarterly literary delight. The summer 2019 issue contains the usual mix of celebrations of books that are already firm favourites of mine (in this case, P.G.Wodehouse's Blandings series, Eric Newby's Love and War in the Apennines and Jane Grigson's Fruit Book) and introductions to books that are new to me. I really must get round to reading Rebecca West's The Fountain Overflows which has been languishing on my bookcase for years, having read Rebecca Willis's wonderful article, and H.E. Bates' Through the Woods sounds just up my street too. The spring issue sent me off to find Alistair Macleod's Collected Stories which has been simply wonderful - review to follow soon.
October 28, 2024
This was a great issue. Particularly enjoyed reading about Eric Newby, Dervla Murphy, O.Douglas, and of course Jane Austen.
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