Candida Lycett Green Boeken

Set against the backdrop of a desolate yet beautiful downland, the story follows Candida, who embraces her wild spirit alongside her father, John Betjeman, and mother, Penelope Chetwode. As she explores her surroundings with a group of village friends, her fascination with love deepens, particularly influenced by trips to the cinema with her best friend, June. The narrative captures the innocence of childhood and the awakening of romantic curiosity in a stark yet enchanting landscape.

The English are geniuses at mixing practicality with beauty, as this rich visual anthology of handsome cottages proves. Trace the evolution of these charming homes, from early railway cottages and "improvised" dwellings to model cottages erected by philanthropists and the bucolic follies dreamed up by 18th-century aristocrats. "The cottages are treasures, the eye is bewitched for a long time."--"The Sunday Times,"

Framed by a 150-mile journey through Yorkshire and Northumberland with a friend, the author dips back into past journeys by horse that also reflect her childhood in the bohemian Betjeman household, a year-long honeymoon journey overland to India, early days at Private Eye, and the ups and downs of thirty- nine years of marriage and motherhood.