Product Description

More from Unmitigated England is just that. Even more from the pen and camera of Peter Ashley, whose bestselling Unmitigated England prompted A. N. Wilson in his Daily Telegraph column to call it an absolutely stunning illustrated book . This new volume promises more of Peter Ashley s very English passions, including breweries, paintings, children s books, canals and Christmas; with everything illustrated from the author s seemingly inexhaustive collections of photographs, watercolours and scrapbook items. And once again with an irreverent and often funny commentary that reminds us of an England that is both in the past and waiting to be discovered.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142416 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Review
An absolutely stunning illustrated book --A N Wilson. Daily Telegraph

It is the mark of a good book that it makes you look at the world with fresh eyes, like an immersion in a good novel can, or a long visit to a gallery that you've never been to before: every time I put this book down i felt like I'd emerged blinking from the cinema on a sunny afternoon, and i wanted to go back in and see the film again straight away, and that's how this book grabs you. --Yorkshire Post

About the Author
Peter Ashley is the author and photographer of London Peculiars, More London Peculiars and Pastoral Peculiars. He collaborated with Philip Wilkinson on books accompanying the BBC Restoration programmes and the ultimate guide to building types – The English Buildings Book.

Customer Reviews

More from Unmitigated England
What a wonderful book! Peter Ashley points out the best things about England - everything from post boxes and canal boats to a whole chapter on Christmas. A perfect present for all ages.

Everyday English passions
A wonderful second book from Peter Ashley. Especially good because it carries on the idea of the first book in the same format, (though I preferred the semi matt paper in the earlier edition).

All the usual goodies are included, for example: how to watch cricket, post box collection or reading books and a cup of cocoa. `Sunlight on the Meccano' is an interesting chapter about products that more or less became part of English life like Bird's Custard, Bovril, Cadbury's, the Bisto Kids, Spratt's, the Robertson's Golly and off course Meccano. I think the strength of both books is the blending of nostalgic commercialism with the accepted traditional Englishness of the countryside and buildings.

A delightful chapter is the `Ghosts of Christmas Past' with a rich selection yuletide graphics and on pages ninety-one and two there are eight of the author's own lovely illustrations for his cards, each one features a Royal Mail post van. The last chapter `English Letters' is a subject close to Peter Ashley's heart as he used to work for a printer and he writes lovingly of everyday type and popular signage.

If you bought the first book you'll definitely want this sequel and I'm hoping there will be a third (and fourth) book, too.

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An England lost and found
Betjeman eat your heart out! A cracking sequel to Unmitigated England, one of my favourite books last year.