{"product_id":"brightening-from-the-east","title":"Brightening from the East","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Brightening from the East\u003c\/i\u003e Ken Worpole explores a unique 'region of the mind' -\nthe Thames Estuary and the marshland landscapes of the East Anglian shoreline.\nIn this wide-ranging collection of essays, personal and historical, Worpole\nbrings us the stories of radical communities, of arcadian dreams among the\nshabby plotlands of eastern England, of new ways of living. He ranges further\nafield too, writing on Italian cemeteries, Dutch landscape architects and the\nEnglish twentieth century folk revival. Here Worpole convincingly argues that\nthe Essex landscape has always been a refuge for new ideas, and a place where\npractical idealism could flourish, a place the world might learn from. \u003ci\u003eBrightening\nfrom the East\u003c\/i\u003e also contains Worpole's influential essay, 'The New English\nLandscape'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | Published March 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63970455781725,"sku":"9781915068460","price":20.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781915068460.jpg?v=1774375280","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/brightening-from-the-east","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}