In the original dustsheet. Red cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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Unmitigated England is a personal view of an England lost and an England found. Accompanied by a wry and often very funny commentary this is a remarkable visual record of very English passions, touching on everything from films to guidebooks, household brands to railway stations, traditional shops to very particular kinds of pubs. Peter Ashley draws on his collections of photographs and images to show both how this country once looked and how what is left is coming increasingly under threat, a truly unique and thought-provoking book.

Reviews

• An absolutely stunning illustrated book — The Telegraph

• Colman’s mustard pots, old fire station sand buckets, Eagle annuals – evokes our lost world with unbearable poignancy — Daily Mail

• I defy anyone born in England more than 40 years ago not to be enchanted by the Ashley book — The Telegraph AN Wilson

• Unmitigated England is a personal view of an England lost and an England found.

• Ties into the centenary celebrations of John Betjeman’s birth

The Author, Peter Ashley is the author and photographer of the Everyman Pocket Books, London Peculiars, Pastoral Peculiars and More London Peculiars. He collaborated with Philip Wilkinson on the books accompanying the BBC 2 Restoration programmes and The English Buildings Book, the most comprehensive book ever attempted on the subject.