Country Diary
Encyclopedia
Country Diary is a daily natural history
column in the English
newspaper The Guardian
, first published in November 1906. It is also now freely available on the newspaper's website. Past and present contributors include Pete Bowler
, Arnold Boyd
, Mark Cocker
, Thomas Coward
, Harry Griffin
, Jim Perrin
(as James Perrin), Sarah Poyntz
, Arthur Ransome
and Enid J. Wilson
.
Since the 1990s, the paper edition of the column has been illustrated by Clifford Harper
.
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
column in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
newspaper The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, first published in November 1906. It is also now freely available on the newspaper's website. Past and present contributors include Pete Bowler
Pete Bowler
Peter "Pete" Bowler was an English environmental campaigner, natural historian, wildlife photographer, journalist and politician...
, Arnold Boyd
Arnold Boyd
Arnold Whitworth Boyd MC, MA, FZS, FRES, MBOU was an ornithologist and naturalist from Cheshire, England.He was a long-time contributor to The Guardian 's "Country Diary" column, taking over a slot from Thomas Coward in 1933, on the latter's death...
, Mark Cocker
Mark Cocker
Mark Cocker is a British author and naturalist. He lives and works deep in the Norfolk countryside with his wife Mary Muir and two daughters in claxton...
, Thomas Coward
Thomas Coward
Thomas Alfred Coward, MSc, FZS, FRES, MBOU , was an English ornithologist and an amateur astronomer. He wrote extensively on natural history, local history and Cheshire.-Life:...
, Harry Griffin
Harry Griffin
Arthur Harry Griffin , usually known in print as A. Harry Griffin, was a British journalist and mountaineer...
, Jim Perrin
Jim Perrin
Jim Perrin is an English rock climber and travel writer.Born in Manchester, Perrin has lived in Wales since the age of 17. Before turning to writing, he worked in Cwm Pennant as a shepherd. As a writer, he has made regular contributions to a number of newspapers and climbing magazines...
(as James Perrin), Sarah Poyntz
Sarah Poyntz
Sarah Poyntz is an Irish journalist and author. She is best known for her contributions over 24 years to Country Diary describing The Burren, some of which were subsequently published in book form....
, Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome
Arthur Michell Ransome was an English author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. These tell of school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Many of the books involve sailing; other common subjects...
and Enid J. Wilson
Enid J. Wilson
Enid J. Wilson was for over 30 years a Lakeland contributor to the Guardian's Country Diary . She was the daughter of George Abraham the photographer/climber and Winifred Davies, a cousin of the Abrahams' climbing partner, O. G. Jones....
.
Since the 1990s, the paper edition of the column has been illustrated by Clifford Harper
Clifford Harper
Clifford Harper is an illustrator and militant anarchist. He was born in Chiswick, West London on the 13th of July 1949. His father was a postman and his mother a cook. Expelled from school at 13 and placed on 2 years probation at 14, he then worked in a series of "menial jobs" before 'turning on,...
.
External links
- Country Diary page on the Guardian website
- Clifford Harper's website (Flash media site with poor accessibility)