Our Isles is a project founded by Angus D. Birditt & Lilly Hedley that
explores and celebrates the lives and landscape of the British countryside.
Our Isles is a project founded by Angus D. Birditt & Lilly Hedley that
explores and celebrates the lives and landscape of the British countryside.
Our Isles is a project founded by Angus D. Birditt & Lilly Hedley that
explores and celebrates the lives and landscape of the British countryside.
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Our Isles is a project celebrating and preserving the rural life of the British Isles, exploring its food & drink, landscape, nature, art, craft, heritage and community.
Our Isles is a project celebrating and preserving the rural life of the British Isles, exploring its food & drink, landscape, nature, art, craft, heritage and community.
Our Isles is a project celebrating and preserving the rural life of the British Isles, exploring its food & drink, landscape, nature, art, craft, heritage and community.
A Sense of Food & Place
A Sense of Food & Place
The Making of Baron Bigod
Angus D. Birditt
Isles of Scilly
Discover Megan Gallacher, a photographer from Norfolk, who contributes her photography collection called 'En Noer' to Stories within Our Isles evoking the life and culture on the Isles of Scilly.
Kingston upon Hull
Explore Studio Kettle's designs in their contribution to Stories within Our Isles that promotes a deeper attachment to our belongings.
Seven Sisters
Shropshire
Angus D. Birditt visits Appleby's cheesemakers to see how they make their award-winning Cheshire.
Suffolk
Explore the article by Tanmay Saxena, designer & filmmaker, who designs sustainable, handmade clothes. 'Darker than' is Tanmay's collection of handmade clothes inspired by his response to the changing landscape and light of Seven Sisters in East Sussex.
Jess Wheeler, designer and ceramist, on where in the British Isles she gets the inspiration.
Powys
Lottie Hampson series entitled 'Still Here' traces her family history to the River Usk in Wales.
Peak District
Explore Joe Winstanley's Skai, a series of prints inspired by the landscape of the Peak District.
Cumbria
Explore Grania Howard's series of photography called Cob Culture. Taken during her travels across the British Isles, Grania captures the unique connection between travellers and their horses.
Powys
Honest agriculture
From his journey within the Dee Valley, Jac Williams ventures across fields and farms talking to and capturing the lives of Welsh farmers.
We often marvel at it's appearance, live and breathe on it, make homes and feed from it. But do we truly understand the lie of the land? The following words extracted from longer poems and accompanying photography attempt to capture the immense beauty, fragility and mysteriousness of our Isles.
Articles
FOOD & DRINK
Read the following article on how the Scottish millers are working with heritage grains.
FOOD & DRINK
Read the Q&A with the head miller, Andrew Wilkinson at Gilchesters Organics.
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The article hears how the Scottish estate in Fife is working for a more sustainable future.
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The article on James Ferguson and Alethea Palmer from the Kinneuchar Inn in Fife.
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The Story of Fife is a collaboration between Our Isles & the Pasture Fed Livestock Association that narrates and celebrates the regenerative work being done by 'Pasture For Life' certified farmers and producers in Fife. Coming soon with articles and photography.
FOOD & DRINK
An article by Angus D. Birditt highlighting the on-going support of British farmhouse cheese, raising the awareness of the benefits of supporting small-scale producers.
FOOD & DRINK
The following article highlights and celebrates how a close working relationship between small-scale producers will create a more sustainable future.
An article shedding light on how important it is to support our British farmers and to protect our food standards in the British Isles from lower standard imports.
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Q&A: Meet the Farm Vet, Navaratnam Partheeban
Read the following article & photography, where he talks to Navaratnam Partheeban, a farm vet and farming enthusiast, who is helping to progress the industry.
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An article to support and raise the awareness of British Farmhouse Cheese, to help and encourage a nation to buy regional artisan cheeses at this difficult time.
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Read about the Suffolk brewery making waves in craft beer, creating strong flavoursome brews.
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Explore the following photography series that evokes the life and workings of a bakery in Orford, East Suffolk.
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Explore the cheesemaker who is reviving the delicious regional cheeses of Shropshire.
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Vineyards in the Valley
Read about the Welsh winemakers making wine on the steep valley sides of Conwy. Coming soon.
FOOD & DRINK
The following article was published for the Sustainable Food Trust by Angus D. Birditt, highlighting the importance of localised butcher and abattoirs in the supply chain.