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.

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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.

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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.

SENSORY OF FOOD & PLACE

SENSORY OF FOOD & PLACE

SENSORY OF FOOD & PLACE

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Chloé Rosetta Bell

Chloé Rosetta Bell

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Porthilly Oyster Farm - Tim Marshall  Ch
Porthilly Oyster Farm - Tim Marshall  Ch

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

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Angus D. Birditt

Angus D. Birditt

Angus D. Birditt

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Stories within OUR ISLES

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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.

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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.

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SENSORY OF FOOD & PLACE

SENSORY OF FOOD & PLACE

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Seven Sisters

The Story of Darker than

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Shropshire

Terroir of Cheese

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

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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.

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Powys

'Still Here' Series

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

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Peak District

Careless Torque

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

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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. 

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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.

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    'The Life of a Thatcher' 

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    A collection of photography showing the life and work of a traditional thatcher.

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    The Life of a Thatcher

    Words & Photography by Angus D. Birditt | @ourisles 

    • Explore

    • Books

      • A Portrait Of British Cheese
      • Our Isles Poetry Book
    • Exhibitions

      • Hedgerow
      • Our Isles I
    • Stories

    • About

      • Contact
    • More

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      Our Isles explores and celebrates the artistry of rural life in the British Isles,

      through its food & drink, arts, culture, nature and landscape.

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