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Coniston Tales

by William Gershom COLLINGWOOD (1854 - 1932)

The Great Circle

A selection of poems and short prose pieces grounded in the landscape, history and legends of Coniston in the English Lake District. W. G. Collingwood gave up a promising academic career as a young Oxford graduate to become John Ruskin's personal secretary, living at first in his home, Brantwood, at Coniston. In the spirit of self-sufficiency that typified their community, Collingwood first published these pieces in 'Nothing Much', a faimily magazine edited by his young children and circulated to friends by private subscription. - Summary by Phil Benson

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Listen next episodes of Coniston Tales:
A Miracle of St. Cuthbert , Epilogue , Of the Mines in the Mountains , The Ballad of Young Beaumont , The Bow in the Cloud , The Hermit of Monk Coniston , The Leaguer of Carlisle , The Story of Thurstan at the Thwaite , The Three Godmothers