BACK TO THE LAND IN BRITAIN
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FARMER'S GUARDIAN, 127 Fishergate, Preston, Lancashire,
England has a similar format but is a week ly tabloid
newspaper of 20-25 pages published in the north of England.
It's price is a fantastic bargain at only 9 cents a copy in
England. Again, one dollar should bring a sample or two by
air or at least a five week subscription by surface.
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It's also possible to subscribe to, receive samples of or
get a description of all farming and gardening periodicals
published in England (or throughout the world, for that
matter) from:
Blackwell's
Broad Street
Oxford, ENGLAND
Blackwell's will also supply their catalog (894) of British
farming books which are much less expensive direct than
from U.S. sources. Organic Farming, by H.
Coney—to cite one example—is listed at only
$2.16.
Going back to the land in Britain offers many fringe
benefits, some of which should be at least briefly
mentioned here. First and foremost, of course, is the
lifestyle . . , at once both more relaxed and civilized
than the degrading "rat race" now so prevalent in North
America.
The cities and towns of Britain were, for the most part.
established long before the age of urban sprawl and highway
strip building. As a result, the populations of cities
which take up whole counties in the United States are
snugly accomodated by much smaller areas in the United
Kingdom and, today, outward "development" of cities is
limited by strict land-use laws.
Both radio and television are much more pleasant to an
adult in Great Britain and tuning in is an alternative life
style by itself. I wish everyone who is even remotely
interested in Britain would read a copy of the BBC's weekly
guide, Radio Times. It's available by air for $1.00 from:
BBC Publications
35 Marylebone High Street
London, ENGLAND
BBC radio has four channels: (I) Pop and jazz; (2) Light
music, plays, magazines, live comedy, variety; (3) Up, up
and away highbrow; (4) News, documentaries, plays,
education courses, light to heavyweight music.
The standard of British television journalism ensures that
Meet The Press and the Cronkite News
would be booed off the air if shown across the water. In
fact, in 1969 two American-made "adult" drama series were
dropped by BBC TV after only a few showings due to the
volume of critical mail from 8 to 11-year-old children!
Most of the 75% of British TV fare which is not imported or
awful movies is simply of a quality which cannot
successfully be communicated to residents of the U.S.
Suffice it to say that British television—with two
commercial-free BBC channels and one commercial
channel—has embraced ALL the freedoms of the new
theater, underground film, the impish and ravaging debates
of Parliament and British journalism.
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