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.

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.

SENSORY OF FOOD & PLACE

SENSORY OF FOOD & PLACE

SENSORY OF FOOD & PLACE

Chloé Rosetta Bell

Chloé Rosetta Bell

Chloé Rosetta Bell

A Sense of Food & Place

A Sense of Food & Place

Harvesting Sea Salt at Halen Môn

Harvesting Sea Salt at Halen Môn

Harvesting Sea Salt at Halen Môn

The Making of Baron Bigod

Angus D. Birditt

Angus D. Birditt

Angus D. Birditt

Angus D. Birditt

SENSORY OF FOOD & PLACE

Stories within OUR ISLES

Isles of Scilly

En Noer, The Great Island

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

The Importance of Narrative

Explore Studio Kettle's designs in their contribution to Stories within Our Isles that promotes a deeper attachment to our belongings.

Chloé Rosetta Bell

SENSORY OF FOOD & PLACE

SENSORY OF FOOD & PLACE

Chloé Rosetta Bell

Seven Sisters

The Story of Darker than

Shropshire

Terroir of Cheese

Angus D. Birditt visits Appleby's cheesemakers to see how they make their award-winning Cheshire.

Suffolk

Natural Design

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

'Still Here' Series

Lottie Hampson series entitled 'Still Here' traces her family history to the River Usk in Wales.

Peak District

Careless Torque

Explore Joe Winstanley's Skai, a series of prints inspired by the landscape of the Peak District.

Chloé Rosetta Bell

Cumbria

Cob Culture by Grania Howard

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.

POETRY

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.

Nature & Landscape

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

The Dipper's Nest

Explore the prose & photographs by Angus D. Birditt, who follows the workings of a dipper along the River Dee in Wales as it builds the nest and feeds it's young.

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

Mid May's Delights

A poem by Angus D. Birditt that expresses the colour and smells of May's bounteous nature.

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

The Cambridgeshire flats

Read the following poem by Angus D. Birditt that traces his steps through Cambridgeshire.

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

The Dry Stone Waller

Explore the photographs taken by Angus D. Birditt following a dry stone waller.

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

Printmaking Nature & Folklore with Lilly Hedley

Explore the following printmaking collection created by Lilly Hedley that evokes her love of nature, folk and history of the British Isles.

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

Spring's country mile

A poem evoking a walk through spring's new life in the countryside by Angus D. Birditt.

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

Where we pass: Wales

Explore the following photography series called 'Where we pass: Wales' taken by Angus D. Birditt that follows his journey through the Welsh landscape.

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

The warming of summer

A poem expressing the turn of seasons and the coming of summer by Angus D. Birditt.

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

Our Isles Poetry Book

Read an extract taken from the illustrated poetry book that celebrates rural life.

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

Where Natural Light Falls

Explore the photographs taken by Angus D. Birditt that captures the natural light that falls creating the most beguiling, interesting shapes and patterns.

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

'The Night Bird'

Explore the print designed by Lilly Hedley that depicts the night bird.

NATURE & LANDSCAPE

The lanes in spring

Read the poem by Angus D. Birditt capturing the spring life on the west coast of Wales.