On Monday I spoke to two groups about my book and the Tendring area of Essex at the Frinton Literary Festival. The Festival has been held since 2002, when it was founded by local literature enthusiast Philomena Dwyer, and is a wonderfully diverse yet compact celebration of the written word. Previous speakers have included SantaContinueContinue reading “Reflecting on Big Questions through Local Places”
Author Archives: Ben Eagle
Hello Brigstow
The last couple of weeks have been hectic as the project I have been working on with the National Trust has been nearing its end. On Thursday my project partners and I took part in the launch event of the Brigstow Institute, our funders, at the Wills Memorial Building in Bristol. We constructed an installationContinueContinue reading “Hello Brigstow”
Squash Harvest
Yesterday, I joined about twenty others to help with the squash harvest at the Community Farm, near Chew Magna, Somerset. It was a beautiful day and together we gathered more than 200kg per person. It was my first experience of picking squash. Some of us moved up the field cutting them off the stalk andContinueContinue reading “Squash Harvest”
Cider season!
What a wonderful weekend it has been, picking apples and making cider. There are many signs that Autumn is now with us in the west country and one of them is the apples ripening on the trees. This weekend I was happily invited to join some friends at their farm near Bath as they preparedContinueContinue reading “Cider season!”
New Markets for Land and Nature
Originally posted on A Dartmoor blog:
Prior to our vote to leave the European Union in June this year it was nigh on impossible to find an environmentalist who supported Brexit and after the vote had occurred there was a widespread gloom and fear about what the future held for the environment. However once Theresa…
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