The story of William Cobbett and the American Revolutionary culture wars.
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Cottage Economy is not, however, just a nineteenth-century DIY manual. It is also a fiercely polemical defence of smallholding as a way of...
25 months ago

The 19th-century chronicler of rural England displayed a similar mix of radicalism and conservatism to modern Greens.
161 months ago

William Cobbett Primary School has retained its 'Good' OfSted rating following a spring inspection. The team spoke to children, staff and teachers about the...
3 months ago

The Englishman in question is William Cobbett (1763-1835), of whom Chesterton, in 1925, wrote a biography, considering him the very embodiment of Merrie...
15 months ago

There are few things more enjoyable in English political writing than William Cobbett in full flow. Here he is on tea: “I view the tea...
41 months ago

In August 1987, a former student at Choate Rosemary Hall, the prestigious Connecticut boarding school, wrote to his alumni director with a...
89 months ago

Richard Ingrams celebrates the tempestuous life of a 19th-century contrarian in The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett
231 months ago

Roger Deakin died, too young, of a brain tumour. He was a film-maker, environmentalist and author who is most famous for his trilogy of books about nature.
172 months ago

In its time, the potato has been called the root of filth, misery and obesity - but is it fair to call it the 'food of the poor'? Professor...
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