Beginning with Cider with Rosie, Laurie Lee writes evocatively of his idyllic childhood in the Cotswolds of the twenties, a world of rich sensuousness and native innocence. As I Walked Out One Summer Morning picks up the story as he leaves his valley for
He writes like an angel, and conveys the pride and vitality of the humblest Spanish life with unfailing sharpness, zest and humour - Sunday TimesAndalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken
It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune.He was to live by playing the violin and by labouring on a London building site. Then, knowing one Spanish phrase, he decided to see Spain. For a year he t
Oh the weather outside is frightful, so draw up a chair to the fire (an electric heater will do), get the chestnuts roasting, and conjure some festive feeling with the help of this seasonal selection.On Christmas Eve it is traditional to scare yourself wi
