Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets is The Repair Shop meets The Diary of a Bookseller all conveyed in Tom Fort's signature easy-going writing style.
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Tom Fort sa zameriava na sociálnu históriu trávy a starostlivosti o ňu. Jeho dielo skúma fascinujúci, často prehliadaný svet trávnikov a ľudskej posadnutosti s nimi. Prostredníctvom detailného výskumu odhaľuje, ako sa starostlivosť o trávnik stala kultúrnym fenoménom s hlbokými spoločenskými koreňmi. Jeho písanie je pútavé a prenikavé, pozýva čitateľov k novému pohľadu na krajinu okolo nás.






- 2023
- 2021
The Far From Compleat Angler
- 226 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
Tom Fort, a former angling correspondent for the Financial Times, brings his sharp wit and keen insights to the world of fishing. Renowned as one of Britain's most entertaining fishing writers, his work combines humor with a deep understanding of the sport, offering readers both engaging narratives and thoughtful reflections on the angling experience.
- 2020
A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year Peer into the secret, silent world of the freshwater fish and explore evolution of the art and industry of fishing in Britain's rivers and streams.
- 2017
The Village News is a whimsical, funny and informative travelogue by pedal power of a variety of villages across our nation that encapsulate, or showcase, all the best elements of what could be seen as the English village.
- 2015
Ahumorous, discursive, utterly absorbing journey from Dover to Land's End, along the English Channel shore, the busiest waterway in the world
- 2013
The story of one of the country's most loved - and loathed - roads.
- 2011
Against the Flow
- 320 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
Many years ago, Tom Fort drove his little red car onto the ferry at Felixstowe, bound for all points east. Eastern Europe was still a faraway place, just emerging from its half-century of waking nightmare, blinking, injured, full of fears but importantly full of hope too. Things were different then.
- 2010
Against the flow : wading through Eastern Europe
- 288 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
You have to be on your guard when you go back to special places. You may be able to locate them easily enough on the map, but maps tell only one story. Times change and places and people with them. The memory plays curious tricks, and things aren t al
- 2009
Downstream
- 336 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
Downstream is a celebration of rivers: an exploration of what they mean to us and an account of what we owe to them. Travelling partly on foot and bicycle, but chiefly in a plywood fifteen foot punt, Fort journeyed through the unsung heart of Middle England, showing him the unseen face of his own country.
- 2007
Under the Weather
- 288 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
Contains two interlocking strands: the story of those who sought to know and understand our weather; and the story of its impact on us - our history, our culture, the way we think and behave. This work focuses on the people who volunteered and toiled for the cause, telling their stories by tracking them down to the places.
