But why ‘sadly’? Rebanks’s first book, The Shepherd’s Life, was a bestseller. English Pastoral will be too. Rebanks may not have made much money out of farming, but happily, both for him and for us, ...

They know that name sucks – you can’t name an Australian rock band after an American river ... drawn by the beautiful pastoral landscape and the historic buildings. Fans gather in 2008 ...