In Pursuit of Spring

by Edward Thomas

Published 29 September 2002
Spring was late in 1913 and Edward Thomas decided to go and search for winter's grave and the tell-tale signs of season's turn - he set out to cycle westwards from London to the Quantocks. Edward Thomas 1878-1917 turned from writing prose to poetry in 1914. His work as a poet has been widely celebrated and admired - Ted Hughes described Thomas as "the father of us all". The Pursuit of Spring, originally published in 1914, bridges the divide between Thomas the journalist/critic and Thomas the highly regarded poet.

The South Country

by Edward Thomas

Published 1 March 1984
Written in 1951,two years before Thomas's death at the age of 39,Under Milk Woodis the writers's dramatic masterpiece.