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Slightly Foxed: No. 62: One Man and His Pigs
Slightly Foxed: No. 62: One Man and His Pigs
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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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Eclectic stories for curious and cultured readers.
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Who is this book for?
This issue of Slightly Foxed offers a charming collection of essays and reviews that will delight anyone with an inquisitive mind. It’s like a literary potluck, where each piece shares a unique perspective, whether it’s about pigs, travel, or great writers. If you love discovering new angles on familiar stories or exploring intriguing snippets of history, you’ll find plenty to enjoy here.