Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
A farmer and author, best known for his book 'Farmer's Glory' and writing about agriculture.
On the island
Eight records
The keepsakes
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:09When did you start writing?
Read an article in a daily paper on agriculture, thought it was a lot of rot. Said to my wife, I could do better than that. And she said, Well, why don't you? At night in a duel, I was recovering from influenza, I remember and I sat down and wrote it with stump of pencil. … And my wife read it at the time and said, I think if you take all the swear words out of this, it won't be too bad. … They paid me three guineas for it, Roy.
Presenter asks
1:20What was the first of your major successes?
Well all these articles that Fleet Street had rejected I joined them together and I uh Published them as a book called Farmer's Glory, and then they all said it was literature. I shall never trust them again.
Presenter asks
2:05Which is your favorite among your books?
Well, I ought to say Farmer's Gory, but I don't. It's not a book. It's a document that just happened. Strawberry [Run], yes. You establish yourself with your second book. Uh I got a sneaking regard for that one. My best book as a tradesman is, in my view, the gentleman of the party. There are no loose ends. It's right for me to say it.
The luxury
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Presenter asks
2:34Are you a systematic worker? When you are on a book, do you write for regular hours every day? Or when you feel like it? Or when the farm lets you?
Well, the most important thing in my life has always been sport, you see, hunting, shooting or fishing, and uh When that uh permits, we do a little farming and when That permits, we do a little writing or broadcasting.
“They paid me three guineas for it, Roy. … it's money for rope.”
“I shall never trust them again.”
“It's not a book. It's a document that just happened.”
“The most important thing in my life has always been sport, you see, hunting, shooting or fishing.”