He said: “I am honoured and delighted but this is evidence of how important the tourism and the hospitality sector is to the economy in counties such as Cumbria. com/) and they kindly invited us over to talk about Walpole, his work, and why the reputation of this once leading novelist has faded, so that he’s now remembered, if at all, almost entirely for his Cumberland tetralogy. It is a selective canter through part of his life; his upbringing is left virtually untouched as is most of his home and family life. It was a very simple format and the simplicity of the format saw it through the changing fashions that affected so many programmes.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. After the war he was appointed as a lecturer at Manchester University and soon became known as an authority on the Eighteenth Century, especially in its American and military aspects.

Rather than spreading wide, he dug deep, and he found a way of talking about the unyielding facts of the land and the rock, and the ultimate decline of the industry he had known, which is memorable and unique. In 1939 he sought no easy job; he served with the West African Regiment, reached the rank of Major, and after arduous campaigns - Abyssinia, and later in Burma - he became the historian of his regiment. The Theatre will be premiering its new dramatisation of Walpole’s novel Rogue Herries on 23 March (full details from http://www. Bonus for me, it is now 192 miles instead of 262, I did like the show as it was, missed last year but was rather disappointed with the previous year.

In this blunt, humorous and indiscreet memoir, Eric Robson bites the hand that feeds him in a canter through the stupidities of broadcasting which he still can’t bring himself to think of as a proper job. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Hating pollution and ugliness, he also believed the National Trust should preserve some mines, factories and pitheads, so that future generations could appreciate the achievements and struggles of the industrial age.I absolutely have no doubt that the natural resilience of the tourism and hospitality economy in places like the Lake District and the whole of Cumbria will see the industry through. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. We walked out on the nature reserve at Hodbarrow – former site of the Millom ironworks and the haematite (iron ore) mines that gave rise to them.

whose proud boast was that he'd had 43 engine outs and lived to tell the tale" might mean something to you, but not to me it doesn't! He is an enthusiast for Alfred Wainwright and his Lake District fell-walking guides and launched Wainwright Society in 2002. Don't know how much longer I can keep going but weather and health permitting I will attend 4 this year. He says panellists are as likely now to discuss house plants as they are an elaborately trained espalier.I regarded it as an honour to be allowed to read the original typescript of these; and I treasure his book, "Letters from America" and certain smaller publications which always came with one of his typical little notes. The former Gardeners’ Question Time presenter was appointed to the honorary role in 2019 following a long-standing association with Cumbria Tourism, including a number of years as chairman. Sat by the stove in his isolated farmhouse study, we learn about Eric's long love affair with Wasdale, and the decision to donate his OBE to his beloved adopted Cumbria; we take the long view of a broadcasting career that has included Gardeners ' Question Time, Remembrance Sundays and the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales; we talk about Eric's life as a fell farmer, and his passion for rare breeds; and we re-live the many frustrating, rewarding – and amusing – weeks spent in the company of Alfred Wainwright during the making of the TV films that made the great fellwanderer a reluctant star. A broadcaster and television documentary maker, he got to know Alfred Wainwright uncommonly well while filming with him in the 1980s. Two days later the when the chap started the Morris up one conrod broke and made a right mess of the engine.

The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused. Next day after replacing the points I suggested we go to Devon for the rest of the time we had left of our summer holidays. Radio 4 newsreader Kathy Clugston, who will become the show's first female host, said she was "honoured and excited" to be stepping into the shoes of "the great Eric Robson. A promotion to reporter soon followed and after 10 years on the station he started working for the BBC as a freelancer where he has been ever since.

Eric is much more than that, a vastly experienced commentator and broadcaster, ranging from TV Documentaries to Royal occasions but more than that, a brilliant storyteller. This Friday, Robson’s last broadcast from the chair of GQT, as it is fondly abbreviated, will go out on Radio 4. Robson told the PA news agency that the honour would draw attention to the plight of domestic tourism amid the coronavirus pandemic.