Journalist, author and unrepentant trout bum Philip Storey spends the summer on an urban river in the North-East of England fishing with centuries-old spider patterns. These are the flies that have stood the test of time and still work today. Year of the spider contains images and tying instructions for possibly the simplest to make flies you will ever come across, along with a detailed diary recording the conditions (temperature, humidity, wind, air pressure, river height etc) in which they were successful along with lots of fish pictures taken one-handed and at odd angles. This is more than just a fishing guide or a 'how-to' manual; Year of the Spider takes the mystery out of fly fishing and selects nine, easy to tie flies that will carry you right through the season catching fish all the way. And to anyone wondering if North Country spider patterns will only work in the North of England, here's what TE Pritt had to say on the subject: "The originals, or others like them, have done service on half the rivers and lakes of England and Scotland, and have never failed to give a satisfactory account of themselves, despite the lugubrious warnings of local hands that 'they were no use there'. You will be told this probably on every new river visited; yet may you safely fish Yorkshire flies and laugh to scorn the dismal prophecies of anglers who believe that the trout in their own river differ in their choice of flies from those of any other river in the universe." Philip Storey is the author of The Complete Bad Angler and has published an updated version of Yorkshire Trout Flies, by TE Pritt. He is also the author of the indispensable Cooking for Dads, a collection of meals that every father should know.
The impact of naturalism, a literary approach invented by Zola and especially significant in the field of the novel through his American «disciples» Crane, Norris, and Dreiser, is well acknowledged and recognized. Not so well recognized, but equally important, is naturalistic theatre; this was a style that also originated with Zola, but its progeny was more international and its significance more radical and insurrectionary than in the less «spectacular» genre of fiction. The Theatre of Naturalism: Disappearing Act establishes the incipiently revolutionary context (between the Paris Communist Commune, crushed in 1871, and the successful Bolshevik insurrection of October 1917) - more or less foregrounded or in the background of works by Zola, Strindberg, Ibsen, Hauptmann, Synge, Shaw, and Tolstoy, focused especially on issues of class struggle and class war, as well as the prospects and possibilities of challenging the hegemony of the ruling orders. Especially in regard to later theatre, for instance the «hypernaturalism» of The Brig (Living Theatre) of Kenneth Brown, and of plays by Arnold Wesker and David Storey - Philip Beitchman frequently invokes themes culled from recent French theory, particularly Derrida's deconstruction and Baudrillard's ideas about simulation. The Theatre of Naturalism will open up new perspectives for anyone interested in theory or theatre, whether scholars or the wider theatre-loving or performing public.
Cooking for Dads contains simple instructions for preparing classic meals including cottage pie, chilli con carne, spaghetti Bolognese, carbonara and other dishes that everyone should know.This is not a cook book, or a how-to manual. It is a set of instructions for cooking some basic meals well. Offering parents 101 'easy options' is offering them no choice at all. Cooking for Dads narrows the (mainly healthy) options down to something more managable and provides a few talking points to go with each dish; such as why the Aztecs didn't put meat in their chilli (they were waiting for Cortez) and why it's a really bad idea to spend six months living on nothing but the flapjack stored in the drawers of a dressing table.About the AuthorPhilip is 48 and lives in Darlington with his partner and three young children. After incarnations as a civil servant, building site labourer, farm worker, factory hand, kibbutz volunteer, motorcycle despatch rider and law student, he fell into journalism and presently works on a daily regional newspaper composing funny headlines about dogs that surf (“Hawaii Fid-O”) and overweight Europeans (“It's all Greek tummy…”). In his more mature moments, he goes fishing. Philip is also the author of The Complete Bad Angler - a collection of columns written for the Angling Times.
Make sleek and functional home furnishings from inexpensive plywood and other off-the-shelf materials using only basic hand and power tools. This unique building guide offers 73 innovative ideas for using plywood to make everything from desks and workstations to children’s playhouses. Projects for every need and skill level are presented with clear assembly diagrams, step-by-step instructions, and photos of the finished product. Discover the simplistic beauty plywood can bring to your next project and take pride in making your own handmade furniture.
The collected Bad Angler columns as they appeared, more or less, in The Angling Times, along with one or two that didn't make the cut.A BORN-AGAIN angler returns to the river after a 30-year gap to discover that much has changed and, as the title suggests, events seldom go according to plan. With workmates who jeer and scoff, fellow anglers who are hide-the-knives weird and venues where you are more likely to catch an airgun pellet than a trout, this is a long way from the hazy, summer idyll that is the staple of fishing publications and satellite TV shows in which there is no school run and presenters don't have to pretend that characters like The King of the River are sane, or explain to their wives why the overdraft limit on the joint account has been increased without her knowledge to pay for something that absolutely definitely had nothing to do with fishing.The Bad Angler doesn't gloss over these things, because he has nothing to sell but optimism and the indomitable belief that, sooner or later, no matter how bad it gets, if you make enough casts and don't quit, drown or die of cold, there will be a bite. Welcome to the North-East of England, where the rain stings, the wind howls and the snow falls deep. There aren't many fish either. But through the mud, cold, tackle shop arguments and occasional domestic disputes over the spiralling cost of Daddy's latest venture, the fun of it all still shines through. This book will appeal to anglers, good and bad, and heroic failures everywhere.
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