Henry Brewis remains Britain's funniest farming writer and cartoonist. Personally I think you have to go back as far as the 19th century, to RS Surtees (Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour), to find an author who created so much humour while being an insider in rural England.
Old Pond has drawn on eight books by Brewis to collate his writings and drawings about sheep and shepherds. On the right-hand page a cartoon; on the left a written snippet or verse. The pairings reflect each other as they go through the principal farming events: buying sheep - keeping them in the paddock - dipping, worming and tupping - shearing - lambing - sheep health (lack of) - mortality and the market.
Little Bit O' Nonsense About Sheep by Henry Brewis, Paperback, pocketbook size, 96 pages. ISBN 978-1-905523-97-9. Now in stock, £4.99.
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