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The Nutty Idyll Former townies Giles and Mary swapped city life for
rural Wiltshire over thirty years ago, and they've each embraced it
in their own very different ways. Mary has happily traded
sophisticated London salons for monthly lectures at the Farmers'
Club, competitive school quizzes, church interactions and local
Auction House sales. While Giles has immersed himself in the
catastrophic consequences of conventional farming, his organic
no-dig veg-patch, the increasingly disproportionate response by
local landlords to harmless trespassers and the strange death of
the village house martins. For recent city escapees and indigenous
country folk alike, Giles and Mary sift through the unhelpful
dreamy myths and offer a practical reality, with robust back and
forth on every aspect of life in rural outposts, including but not
limited to planning wars, class wars, dog thefts, tree-felling
fights, misunderstandings between incomers and natives and the role
of the Heron Appreciation Society. The much-loved Wiltshire couple
share their combined, hard-earned lessons, so we can learn the
secret skills of grumbling and bumbling our way towards a new
contented country life.
Everybody is a somebody. Giles is a countryman who relishes
solitude. His wife Mary thrives in company and enjoys frequent
escapes to London. After thirty years in a marriage of opposites,
Giles and Mary have adapted to a life of domestic misunderstandings
within comical misadventures. In The Diary of Two Nobodies, you
will have the unique opportunity to discover, first hand, what
occurs when a man who sees himself as a cross between Mr Bean and
Basil Fawlty shares his life with a woman who identifies closely
with the Queen. Featuring original illustrations by the artist
Giles, himself.
'When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept
defeat; instead they are all the more determined to struggle for a
better future.' - HM Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving
monarch and celebrated role model for our times. Examining such
underrated virtues as duty, kindness and discretion, as exemplified
by HM The Queen, Mary Killen has created a transformative guide for
all who aspire to become happier, wiser and more adept at
navigating life's ups and down with integrity and dignity. (We must
always try not to swear.) In our throw-away fashion culture we'd
all do well to follow The Queen's make-do-and-mend example. Sit up
straight with a regal posture, and your digestion will benefit. Fit
more into your life by following routines. Tidiness is a primary
skill - as a small girl The Queen would arrange her shoes and sea
shells into neat rows. To help with everyday anxieties we can study
the mysterious but time-honoured techniques Her Majesty calls upon
to rise above her own challenges. Packed with invaluable wisdom and
insight, this small book carries a big purpose.
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