By Catrina Davies
riverrun £18.99
Anyone who wants to immerse themselves into the bittersweet realities of rural life must read this strange and beautiful book.
The day-to-day existence of a true English countryman is, after all, about as far away from most of our quotidian experiences as that of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur or a mid-ranking Beijing commissar. Context is all, of course, and Catrina Davies is determined that her portrait of Hedley Ralph Collard be seen as