
Mary Skipwith
Mary Skipwith is a welly-dwelling, fountain-pen-wielding, cheese-dependent farmer’s daughter who is at her happiest either when outdoors or when challenging preconceptions with anecdotes about skinning cows. When it comes to writing, she most enjoys interviewing country characters and least enjoys composing a pithy profile about herself.
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'It is hard to beat the excitement of watching a peregrine you have trained stoop from 1,000ft, going more than 100mph' — the complicated world of falconryA combination of spellbinding sport and profound empathetic connection, falconry–a partnership in which the bird maintains the upper hand–offers a window into ‘the deeper magic’.
By Mary Skipwith Published
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‘My football made me, my countryside saved me’: Vinnie Jones on going from the rough and tumble of the football pitch to the sanctuary of his West Sussex estateA return to the land has been a redemptive journey for the gamekeeper’s son and former tough midfielder Vinnie Jones, finds Mary Skipwith.
By Mary Skipwith Published
