It promised to be terrific fun. Instead, I found myself howling obscenities on top of a Cumbrian fell in the middle of the night. I’d been invited to spend a weekend at the Coniston Water Festival, a revival of an ancient celebration in this dramatically gorgeous corner of the Lake District. It proved to be a bizarrely footling exercise paid for out of the public purse. My view... Full text
Christopher Hirst is a freelance journalist who lives mostly in south London and occasionally in North Yorkshire. In 2005, he was Glenfiddich Food Writer of the Year and runner-up in 2007. He is currently writing a book about the experience of cooking with his wife (aka Mrs W) which is due to be published by Fourth Estate next May.
Lucinda Rogers is an illustrator more commonly known for reportage drawing and specialises in drawing cities, in particular New York and London’s East End where she lives. In July The Independent published her drawings of scenes at the Hop Farm Festival. New east London work will appear in the next issue of Case da Abitare magazine.
Drawings © Lucinda Rogers. Words © Christopher Hirst. Website by With Associates.