Het werk van Tom Fort duikt in de sociale geschiedenis van gras en de cultivering ervan. Zijn schrijven verkent de fascinerende, vaak over het hoofd geziene wereld van gazons en de obsessie van de mensheid ermee. Door gedetailleerd onderzoek ontdekt hij hoe gazononderhoud een cultureel fenomeen is geworden met diepe maatschappelijke wortels. Zijn proza is boeiend en inzichtelijk, en nodigt lezers uit om de landschappen om hen heen opnieuw te bekijken.
Contains two interlocking strands: the story of those who sought to know and understand our weather; and the story of its impact on us - our history, our culture, the way we think and behave. This work focuses on the people who volunteered and toiled for the cause, telling their stories by tracking them down to the places.
Many years ago, Tom Fort drove his little red car onto the ferry at Felixstowe, bound for all points east. Eastern Europe was still a faraway place, just emerging from its half-century of waking nightmare, blinking, injured, full of fears but importantly full of hope too. Things were different then.
A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year Peer into the secret, silent world of the freshwater fish and explore evolution of the art and industry of fishing in Britain's rivers and streams.
The story of one of the country's most loved - and loathed - roads.
What has been the dish of kings, the subject of myths and the traveller of epic and mysterious journeys? The eel. schovat popis
Downstream is a celebration of rivers: an exploration of what they mean to us and an account of what we owe to them. Travelling partly on foot and bicycle, but chiefly in a plywood fifteen foot punt, Fort journeyed through the unsung heart of Middle England, showing him the unseen face of his own country.
You have to be on your guard when you go back to special places. You may be able to locate them easily enough on the map, but maps tell only one story. Times change and places and people with them. The memory plays curious tricks, and things aren t al
Tom Fort, a former angling correspondent for the Financial Times, brings his sharp wit and keen insights to the world of fishing. Renowned as one of Britain's most entertaining fishing writers, his work combines humor with a deep understanding of the sport, offering readers both engaging narratives and thoughtful reflections on the angling experience.
Ahumorous, discursive, utterly absorbing journey from Dover to Land's End, along the English Channel shore, the busiest waterway in the world
The Village News is a whimsical, funny and informative travelogue by pedal power of a variety of villages across our nation that encapsulate, or showcase, all the best elements of what could be seen as the English village.