Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
On every side a wail is rising over the irreparable damage that is being done to the rural England that we all claim to love. The change that has occurred is most evident to those who have not witnessed its steady progress, rapid as it has been. To realise what has happened, l...
On every side a wail is rising over the irreparable damage that is being done to the rural England that we all claim to love. The change that has occurred is most evident to tho...
2. Part 2The network of canals that spread over England between 1760 and 1830 or so did not greatly influence the appearance of the countryside, though their numerous lockhouses and brid...
3. Part 3But most difficult of all is the question of dealing with the narrow High Street of a town or village through which a main artery passes. Occasionally the jerry-builder has anti...
4. Part 4It is futile to write letters to _The Times_ about lost opportunities: common-sense would have saved the situation in nearly every case, for town-planning is idealised common-se...
5. Part 5But though it is now evident that a very great deal may be done for the preservation of rural England by the exercise of legislative powers which local authorities already posse...
6. Part 6“An amusing little book.”--_Daily Mirror._ “It is to this subject [of swearing] that Mr. Graves brings much erudition and not a little irony.”--_John O’London’s Weekly._ “Not fo...