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The book documents the Place Project - a collaboration between the visual artist Kurt Jackson and 30- plus contemporary writers. Jackson invited each writer to choose, and then justify in words a Place in Britain. Then, in an epic series of journeys Jackson visited and worked at each chosen location responding with a series of paintings, drawings and sculptures. Contents: Introduction: Kurt Jackson; Helen Dunmore - Paddington Station; Michael Eavis - Worthy View; Patrick Gale - Tregonebris Hill; Jimi Goodwin - Wapley Hill; Philip Gross - Penarth Head; Charlotte Gunn - The River Dart, Dartmoor; Professor Stephen Heselboro - Hallaig, Raasay; Carol Hughes - Ted s Writing Hut; Robert Hurrell - An Estuary, Devon; Caroline Jackson - The New Forest; John Krebs (Lord Krebs of Wytham) - Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire; Professor Catherine Leyshon - Brandon Woods; Riard Mabey - Grand Union Canal, Rickmansworth; Robert Macfarlane - The Cairngorms; Jessica Mann - Yew Trees at Lambessow; Steve Marshall - Badbury Rings; Alice Oswald - alk Ford, Scorriton, Dartmoor; Annie Robinson - Eel Pie Island, Twickenham; John Sauven - Broomway; Dr John Stephens - Na Gearrannan, Isle of Lewis; Professor Helen Taylor - Spike Island, Bristol; Professor Charles Thomas - Tintagel Castle; John Vidal - Vale of Llangollen; Bob Wilson - Ely, Cambridgeshire.
| ISBN-13 | 9781908326546 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1908326549 |
| Weight | 1.00 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.90 x 0.65 x 10.34 In |
| List Price | $45.00 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 176 pages |
| Publisher | Sansom |
| Published On | 2015-04-30 |
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