PRE-ORDER NOW Middleland : Dispatches from the Borders by Rory Stewart

PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 17/09/2026

Urgent and inspiring stories of rural Britain today, from the Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling author of Politics on the Edge`Rare and life-affirming' MICHAEL MORPURGO`Personal, wise and often funny' CAROLINE LUCASRory Stewart spent nearly a decade as MP for Britain's most rural constituency, Penrith and the Border, living among Cumbria's fells, farms and ancient frontiers. Drawing on pieces originally written for a local newspaper, Middleland is both a love letter to rural Britain - a place caught in tensions between farming and the natural world, between the need to preserve and to grow, between local needs and national demands - and a quietly radical exploration of how politics might better serve the people it represents. `A triumph' Literary Review`A moving, grounded look at rural Britain' i Paper`Intriguing.enjoyable' Daily Telegraph`Full of intelligence and panache' Scotsman`Refreshingly honest' Country Life`Stewart sees Cumbria's glory' New Statesman

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